All We CanDo

Carlos Lewis
Ink Stains
Published in
1 min readJun 15, 2017

All we can do is make our own paths, and we can begin at any time. We need not be victims.

Responsibility does trap us. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Responsibility also forms us. Pressure has a way of creating. Evolution is just that, a response to pressure. We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for pressure.

The same pressure we put on ourselves to create forms our discipline. It’s what brings us daily to the page in the attempt to create.

There are times that we will fail. Sorry to say, it seems that we will fail more times than not. It is that failure and that responsibility that impels us to realize changes needed in our lives so that we can achieve what we set out to do.

That is the reality.

We have to face and accept the responsibility and pressure that we face. We also have to believe that we will come out on the other end. That hope is what allows us to keep moving forward. Falling to cynicism is easy enough, and not everyone can avoid it. So placing the hope in the future is of the utmost importance. We have an idea of what tomorrow will be like if we make certain moves today. Understanding that need for sacrifice is a blessing, and the weight of that knowledge is what will help us be what we set out to be.

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Carlos Lewis
Ink Stains

Carlos Lewis is a writer living in New York. All stories are reposts from carloslewis.blog.