Boots | Roots | Big Rocks. Been a long time since I’ve seen this guy in the mirror.
What do you see in these faces?
Yesterday as I was walking out the door, I was feeling good and the light was great, so I snapped these pictures... but when I looked at them later I noticed something.
Honestly it really doesn’t matter what YOU see, because it is only what I SEE and feel when I look at them that counts.
peace & happiness.
It’s been years since these faces have made a genuine appearance. I've missed them.
I’ve worked damned hard to retrieve them. It seems like I’ve been chasing, and searching for them... among and amidst other things for a long time.
You don’t need to know OR get to know the details surrounding their disappearance and reemergence. Simply know that it has to do with boots | roots | big rocks.
Know that this is not a pithy, self absorbed, #, motivational, BS, catch phrase. Actually, I don’t care if you or anyone does think that... it’s mine.
It represents everything I’m living and will continue to live by and live for. A code.
It’s powerful to me because I earned it!!!
It is deep, layered, highly personal, (and will remain so)... but here is the 30,000 ft overview for a little context.
#boots : I had to knock off years of dust to uncover the original shine, patina, and color that lay underneath... (yes, it’s a metaphor. Try to keep up ok.)
#roots : I had to go back to my roots (all the way back) and see the people and places that made me, to see, feel, experience exactly “Who the F*ck I am”, the man I’ve always been, AND who God made and intended for me to be... AND most importantly to STOP running, wandering, vagabonding, searching, chasing, and establish roots of my own.
#bigrocks : I’d lost sight of my big rocks... and was reminded exactly who and what matters most. But knowing isn’t enough, I commit to cherish, celebrate, grow, and protect them.
And doing that starts with me. The biggest rock. The rock others depend on, love and without whom nothing else happens.
My soul searching is done... in fact, my soul was never lost, but rather I’d allowed it to be covered up... and it took a long time to realize that ONLY I could uncover it. And I have.
As The Good Witch tells Dorothy at the end of the Wizard of Oz, “You’ve had the power all along”
Yes, I most certainly do have the power. I always have. And I’m using it.
To peace | love | happiness
Bradley
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