http://soundcloud.com/mentalnotes-1/i-survived#play
YES I SURVIVED
IM SO GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE!
BECAUSE I’VE ENDURED!
YES I’VE PUSHED ON!
AND YES I’VE SURVIVE!
WHAT SEEMED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEVER EVER END!
I’VE LANDED ON MY FEET AND HERE I AM AGAIN!
BEAMING LIKE THE SUN!
SPROUTING LIKE A TREE!
AND EVERY DAY I WAKE UP, GOD WATERS ME!
MY PROCESS JUST STARTED AND I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE DONE!
BUT EVERY NIGHT I GO TO BED I THANK GOD FOR WHO I’VE BECOME!
IM NOT THAT MASK I PUT ON SOMETIMES FOR THE WORLD TO SEE!
THAT’S JUST SOMETHING I PUT ON TO PROTECT THE LITTLE GIRL IN ME!
AND IT BOTHERS ME WHEN PEOPLE CAN SEE MY VULNERABILITY.
BUT, IM LEARNING!
AND I PUSH ON!
AND NO!
I HAVE NOT ARRIVED!
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I TAKE OFF A LAYER AND THAT OLD PART OF ME DIES!
IT’S NOT EASY!
AND IT’S NOT COMFORTABLE!
AND THE PROCESS NEVER ENDS!
GOD WILL SEND YOU SOMEONE ONE DAY YOUR COMFORTABLE CALLING FRIEND!
ONE DAY YOU WAKE UP AND THE FEELING MAY BE REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.
BECAUSE ALL YOUR PAST PAIN HAS COMPLETLEY DISAPEARED.
AND IF NOT TOTALLY.
I PROMISE SOME WOULD HAVE GONE AWAY.
PREPARING YOU FOR SOMEONE YOU’LL SAY THE SAME THINGS TO ONE DAY.
IM SO, SO, SO GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE!
BECAUSE I’VE ENDURED!
YES I’VE PUSHED ON!
AND YES!
I HAVE SURVIED!!!!!
Thank you, Tammy “Pitt Bull” Johnson
mentalnotes1 
Thanks for the work you do helping those who suffer from addiction. I am a pastor, so the topic comes up in my line of work as well. And thanks, too, for liking some of my recipes. You can see them all at http://www.ruppesisterscook.com
YES MA’AM AND THX,,I LOVE TO COOK BUT DONT KNOW HOW,,,SHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE THO (: AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING EASY AND HELPFUL, SO THANK YOU SOSOSO MUCH KEEP THEM COMING PLEASE! YOUR BLOG IS VERY USEFUL…
There are many roads to life, that one can choose to take, but there are also very few, that go the way you need to go. I admire those who can say,”survive”, because the word itself will incline one to persevere through whatever may challenge them. Words are real, because they are the ingredients to the recipe of your being. If you want love, say it, see it, believe it, and conceive it. You survived, because you that thought, and word, generated perseverance. Nice one as well.