"My soul has returned"

I woke up this morning at 6am on a saturday and made a phone call to a friend who is going through something that is emotionally draining and hurtful... I stayed on the phone and listened and listened and listened and would have listened till the end of days because i knew she needed that ear and reassurance that all will be fine and that she will make it out of this hard time. She talked and she talked and i listened. I was there for her and as we talked i realized that i was also talking to myself. I made it through my harsh days... they are behind me and now i was given the task to help a friend that is going through something identical to what i went through.

I started listening to music that i had stopped listening to during my dark days, i've opened my heart to the possibilities of loving someone and i've forgiven myself for believing that i was worthless... Alicia Keys was one of the artists that i had stopped listening to, but i opened my Itunes after my two hour conversation with my girlfriend and felt lighter.... Her song "Lesson Learned" hit it right on the spot.... I did hit the floor... shot, bleeding in the dark alone.... but it's the past and my soul has returned, more vibrant, more aware, more beautiful than ever before....

With this awareness, there is no doubt in my mind that my girlfriend will wake up one morning to give the same reassurance to a friend in tears.

Its alright... everything is alright.
Aaza