words coming to life

i crave words sometimes. words are a powerful thing and a work of art when they're put together, taken apart and rearranged. i've been craving words lately. words that will fulfill. i started reading a few minutes ago and my mind wasn't satisfied. usually, when i start a new book, i just can't get enough. but not today. today the words want to fall out instead of flow in.

we do, as people, crave affirmation. affirmation through words and actions. and often, through that affirmation, we receive love...which is what we live for. i'm not sure where this is going, but my mind is overflowing with things that need to be translated into complete thoughts.

i'm trying to figure out who i am right now. i once thought i knew, but now i feel like i'm changing every day. my passions, my desires and my perspectives are not what they once were. i'm up and i'm down, i'm back and i'm forth, yet i'm still here. i see people all over, living their own lives, going their separate ways. yet i am reminded daily of how we are all the same. i was reminded last night of the typical child around the world. when i was on the bus in peru, a little girl asked her mother 'Mama, cuantos minutos falta?' every five minutes. that translates to 'mom, how much longer' or the famous 'are we there yet'. those small words created in me a realization that i wish all people would have. everywhere around the world, people are doing the same thing. they may speak a different language, have a different culture, have different dreams, but they, WE, are all the same. we all sleep, eat, and survive this thing called life every day.

so, if we are all the same, why is it that some are treated like animals...some are invisible...some are forgotten...some are beaten. i am slowly figuring out that my passion is for people. i want to find a way to love harder, speak stronger, and live louder. i desire for equals to be treated as equals. i desire for words we hear and speak to come alive.