Joshua Rawson Harris

Overthinking

Why do I let others get to me?

I allow the most simple remarks to shatter me completely.

I haven’t always been this way.

I never used to care what others had to say.

Lately, I overthink.

I’ve let my strength completely sink.

But, I have been here before,

and somehow I know what’s behind the next door.

A path back to me

and who I want to be.

I am coming to the conclusion

That this happens for a reason.

Perhaps we go through periods of weakness

To be reminded how to climb out of darkness

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