Gifts

Gifts

"How do you manage to draw a great picture every day?"

Great picture? They are great aren't they? They're perfect in my eyes, and yours. I'm not a bragger, for the greatness of my pictures varies across the world. They are great for smiles, for cheering people up, for scaring and influencing, for colors and lineart. The greatness of opening your mind to the world through a pencil, pen, mouse, or anything that makes a mark; your mark; is the most valuable thing we own.

How do I manage it? I have school, tons of homework, clubs and groups to visit and run, hours to finish, a boyfriend to love, and friends to keep friends. How do I manage it?

I manage it simply. There is always time, no matter where you live or who you are, to give a gift to the world. But please, don't ever burden yourself. Don't ever push yourself down thinking that the size of the world must be the size of your gift. This is not alchemy. There is a circle, and individual pieces each with their own special ability. But the reaction does not follow laws. Your world is who you love, what you love, and you. Your world is the words that come out of your mouth. Your world is only you, and whom you bring into it out of your will.

Manage one gift to that world everyday. To anyone, even yourself. All evil in the world, the things you believe to be evil on your basis, can be diminished if you give that gift. Draw, sing, wake up in the morning. Give a stranger a smile and wave. Less is more. Don't spend time detailing every aspect of your life into a 1024x768 wallpaper.

Keep it simple.
Precious.

Delicate and yet strong enough to rid of the largest army. Some of us give many gifts at once, and we may not realize it. Don't ever put yourself down, thinking you cannot afford a gift. Gifts are meant to be free, to both you and whom the receiver is. This is not "cheap". This is you. Individuality, and the love for another. There is no economy to be ruled by. There is only you, and your receivers.

Some days we find ourselves in need of a gift. If you have friends that give you gifts, hold them, caress and keep them polished. They will live with you forever, no matter what time brings you. But there is always a gift that you need to give to yourself, before gifts can be given to you.

You must give yourself the will to live. To stand up and breathe in the heat of the sun, the frozen stars, and the emotions of life around you.

You can always give a gift. You can always be you, and have a choice in the world, regardless of rules.

No matter what...

Live.

Give a Gift.

Every day.

Every way.