THERE ARE TIMES

THERE ARE TIMES

There are times you have to close your eyes to see what’s up ahead.

Sometimes you might have to sleep in the jungle before you can find a bed.

There are times you have to hear the voices in your head before you can understand.

Sometimes you might have to sail many oceans before you can find your land.

There are times you have to walk through the dark before you can see the light.

Sometimes before you can find peace, you might have to stand and fight.

There are times you might have to bathe in muddy water and still smell like a rose.

Sometimes you might have to spit to see which way the wind blows.

There are times to know what’s real you might have to feel a little pain.

Sometimes if you want to cleanse your soul, you might have to walk in the rain.

There are times when you have to walk through the valley before you can get to the mountaintop.

Sometimes you have to keep moving for a long time before you can find a place to stop.

There are times you have to eat the cheese before you can enjoy the honey from the bees.

Sometimes you might have to endure a little hell before you can enjoy a heavenly breeze.

There are times you have to drink a little Kool-Aid before you can taste the wine.

Sometimes you have to stand your ground if you want to toe the line.

There are times you have to find what’s wrong before you can know what’s right.

Sometimes you have to look away so you can see what’s in plain sight.

There are times before you know what you have; you have to lose it all.

Sometimes before you can know your place at the top, you may have to fall.

There are times you hear a song and the words fit you to a tee.

Sometimes you think the words in a poem were written just to set you free.

There are times you have to see the forest without seeing the trees.

Sometimes you have to see past the forest to see the wind blowing through the leaves.

There are times you may have to use the back door if you really want to come in.

Sometimes you may have to sin if it’s really important that you win.

There are times you may have to face that things are what they are and just let it be.

Sometimes you can come in through the front door, but first you have to find the key.

There are times your heart has to be broken before your soul can be complete.

Sometimes you have to lose at love before you can find someone to keep.

There are times to find your way you have to start a new.

Sometimes a man just gets lucky and finds a woman like you.

Stanley Hendrix

8/01/2011

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