“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” - Ryunosuke Satoro

There is something truly beautiful about humanity in as much as it has the ability to rise above the torment and make exceptional things happen. In the same breath, it has often, and sadly, all too many times relented and given into the easier paths. The infuriated fist beating down in anger or frustration only to take lives or scorn souls. BUT - and I say this with every ounce of who I am - humanity doesn't always pound fists and commit painful memories. We can look beyond the world in which we are presented with and see its potential. We can take heart that while everything in this world seems to be crumbling at the core, it is not over. It is only worn. And like a good pair of jeans, sometimes it is best when it has a little tattered, used, broken-in look. We are a world that is broken-in and yes, we are broken. We can take that and allow it swallow us whole or we can rise above it and open our own eyes.

And when you do open your eyes - don't simply see the way you have always seen the world. Adjust your vision to understand what you see. The colors, the layers, the hope; I promise you will be renewed and so will the life before you...