I met a praying mantis. Praying outside of my door. May he climb that wall in his life with ease.

I wrote this a few days ago. When everything was new. I feel like I'm ready. I just wanted you to read this.

Here I am, again. trying to figure my way down the same road and all its bumps and turns and places to fall off. I grew up on a gravel road, and most of my life, especially recently, the road I walk is gravel. There’s lots to know about gravel roads. First of all, it doesn’t matter how smooth that thing looks, its rough, I don’t care who you are. Secondly, you have to be careful how fast you drive on gravel roads because they are unpredictable, and can be unforgivable. Most importantly, is knowing what to do when you are walking on a gravel road, and you happen upon a skipping stone. Now you have some choices: you can leave it there, you can pick it up and throw it at the ground or throw it into a thicket, or you can stuff it in your pocket and wait. Needless to say your first two choices have boring outcomes for you and the rock, but as for the third, great opportunity awaits.
What do you call this thing in your pocket? “A skipping rock”, meant for dirty barefoot adventures on a calm riverside. Meant for zinging over the waters surface just tiptoeing now in then on every 1...2...3...4... Well the thing with skipping rocks is, its not often you come across a truly exceptional skipping rock. One that God himself touched with the rain and the wind and gave the name “Skip”. If you find one period, you outta give it a chance on the water, see if its got what it takes; if not, it’ll sit on the bottom, smooth out some and one day, maybe it will have another chance.
The thing I’m getting to is that when you find something like this, there is a chance to take it, and wait. To wait for the right chance, the perfect chance, to reach in your pocket and hold in your hand something that has the capability to reach freedom, and bring it to you. It could be a wisdom, an idea, a person, an opportunity. Don’t miss it, don’t always be so ready to pick it up and put it to the test where it may not be intended to be tested. Allow yourself to understand the timing. To approach freedom, to envision it, and let it fly.