Live, Believe, Inspire...
A place for those traveling in life with no clue where their paths may lead. May this place give us Encouragement when our life spark is low, Strength when our faith is lost, and Laughter to nourish our soul on this amazing journey called life....
I know of Loss

I know what loss feels like, I know what it feels like to think love was wasted and swim in a sea of regrets and what if's, thinking what we could have done differently, maybe we should have fought harder or had less pride, maybe if we were better people things would never have ended in the first place, I know what it feels like to let someone go when all you ever wanted was to have them with you, to be the better person when everything inside of us is raging, when there is more anger than peace, when there is no hope in going back or moving forward and we stay stuck in this tortured replay of our own vivid memories, and we die inside with buried screams and tears of pain, and we want to take it out on the first situation that comes our way, but still by the grace of god and the fact that we love them more than ourselves we find the courage to release them, even when our hearts and minds disagree. We know all too well we cannot hold on to something that does not wish to be held on to, so we let go and let god and we curse the whole ride through because their happiness is more important than our own and at the time it feels like we will never experience that kind of love again, it feels like our chest is about to cave in, there is no air, no hope, no light, no reason to want to live our lives anymore, this emptiness that seems to find its way in everything we do and say, we've cried so long our tears are dehydrated, and we internalize everything and pretend to be strong, we put our mask on and walk around like zombies instead of seeing the experience and learning from it we stay stuck wallowing in misery. - Yeah I know what that feels like, I am living proof live does goes on with or with out us, but I can tell you this, there is so much more out there than our emotions lead us on to believe and the day will come for us to love again even if its learning to love ourselves and life truly is beautiful, I learned to use my emotions as the fuel to push me forward, I've learned nothing lasts forever so I make the best of this moment no matter what, I look back with gratitude, the sorrow still exists only I have learned to make peace with it, it has humbled me on this journey but most important I have learned to never give up and to never fear experiencing new experiences and for me thats says a lot; just like caterpillars the moment we feel our lives are truly over is the same moment our lives begin - to all my butterflies - ~Will "Story" Rivera
Life Flows Naturally

Allow all things to come together and fall apart naturally, in its own course, without manipulation or expectations, without explanations or rationalizing, sit back and enjoy the moment; for everything in nature blooms at that exact time it was meant; including all of us. ~Will "Story" Rivera
What Matters Most Is How We See Our True Self.

Let’s start to see ourselves for who we really are, our true self within, recognize that we are not only unique but have a deep rooted purpose, destined to shine our light, to create loving experiences, to learn and grow with a sense of appreciation and curiosity, we are the only ones who can develop this sense of self, so let’s let go of the limitations we have built, let go of the labels and categories we forced ourselves to fit into, let’s take responsibility for our circumstance, set those wings free and fly, fly, fly; the universe is the limit. ~Will "Story" Rivera
Love is Always the Way...

It’s human nature to love, to care, to nurture, to want to share, to be affectionate in all aspects, compassionate with our actions, from the moment we are born we crave to be held and loved, to be supported in our growth, it’s a learned trait to shut ourselves off from the world, we learn to be protective of our hearts expressions, it’s truly sad just how much fear plays a role in stopping us from opening intimately to our natural desire, we're built from love but we somehow got lost along the way, we can make up a million excuses to why “we have to be like this”, we can think of a million and one people to try to put the blame on, but to be truthful to ourselves, means we must accept responsibility for our actions, we don’t love wholeheartedly simply because we have not confidently made the decision to do so, because there are many parts of who we are we fail to nourish with love; how could we possibly expect to love anyone else, when we have not even begun to love everything about ourselves. ~Will "Story" Rivera
Perception is Everything...

Focus on what keeps us stronger, what keeps us motivated to move on and continue the journey, what fuels our faith so strongly that we never even think about failure, that we refuse to accept the word quit, focus on the desires of our hearts, that our mind, body and spirit are supporting, choose to focus on the experiences that have brought us LOVE and have showed us miracles exist, the kind that made us thoroughly feel that GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!~Will "Story" Rivera
Destined For Greatness...

Confirm who YOU are, lock this vision up tight, do not allow anyone or anything to shake you from this certainty, be beautiful, be true, be who you were destined for, never lose faith in the road you choose to travel down, learn from all the experiences, they will help you to take the next step, keep your possibilities humongous and your worries tiny; never give up on who you are, no matter what.