Stuck Between The Pages

5

Well, uh, hi there. It's been a while. I get it, you had human stuff to deal with. And I have some news and something to tell you. I'll get right into it. I'm really sorry for how I was acting before, while you were gone this time something changed. I've learned more about myself. And I'm not saying I'm not the same person I was before, but I'm pretty different.

I just thought and realized, what's the point of falling if no one will catch me. The answer is pretty obvious.

For the thrill of it of course.

I decided to stop caring, to be free. Well, as free as I can be, I'm still a book. But I am going to help you be free too. Free from the burdens of society, free from the judgement of others. Free from anything that makes you unhappy in the screwed up human world.

And my main goal, is to figure out something. Something that, would seem impossible, but only because nobody has come up with a solution. And what is this something, well I can't tell you until I figure out the solution.

I can see a solution, a simple one at that. But it is not good enough, for it is too simple, and doesn't feel like enough. Enough is a strong word. It can mean you are done and so it has been enough. Or you might not be enough, and feel like you are empty. Or you might only be enough, and that might not be enough.

It amazes me the power that words hold. A combination of letters, which are a combination of strokes, make a word. Words can inspire, they can tear down, and they can lift up. Depending on how you use them people may like you, or hate you. Some people might use words wrong, to hurt people, on purpose. Or maybe it's an accident and they didn't realize the power of the word. I believe the two strongest words are love, and hate. They are opposites like light and dark. And they hold the power of a million stones. Love can mean being so attached to someone you want to spend the rest of every day with them, or it is used platonically and used to say they wouldn't be able to survive without you because of how much they need you. Hate can destroy something that has been being built for a long time. The simple word can mean an anger toward someone so harsh you never want to see them again. Or something you never want to experience because of how traumatizing it was. Sometimes is is used loosely to describe something as a small dislike, which shouldn't happen. When people do that it kind of is sad, it's very common and I feel like it just doesn't let the word live up to its power. So that when it is used correctly it doesn't have the same effect. People say lots of things incorrectly and sometimes make words mean something completely different then they were intended to be. Sometimes for the better or sometimes for the worst.

People say pictures are worth a thousand words, but they don't talk about how since words can always be interpreted in so many different and complex ways, it can go the other way too.

Some people use words too freely not knowing the power they hold. And sometimes when someone who does understand the power hears them misunderstood, and they get hurt. And that is why sometimes words are too powerful for their own goods. Accidents happen but with the power of words it might make a scar. Sometimes people might just be confused, but when asking their question they create another. And sometimes the solution is also it's own problem. The power of words is stronger than anything else, and can change a life.

That's why, even though I am in this book, I can change you.

It might seem hard, it might seem dumb. But my words are wisdom, free, and always here. Books hold more power than you can imagine. The power to change, the power to inspire, and the power to create. Sometimes a small book, like a toddlers bedtime story. Can change their way they look at life, and that change stays with them through their life. The power of the book had changed them and everyone else. If it inspires them to go somewhere or do something, they might meet someone or learn something. Changing everything about them and how they look at life. It might inspire them to inspire others. And with the ripple effect that one picture book, changed the world. Just as my words are changing you right now. Some foolish people don't believe in this power because they can't understand. They don't believe a small object made of paper can change a life. Because that's not what they were taught. They were taught it was a foolish little object. However, since you are learning this right now, I have changed your life, and everyone else's. Maybe I will inspire you to try something new, maybe you will become the next person to influence others. The small act of reading me, will make you, a different, and hopefully better, person. And even if I go unnoticed by everyone else, at least I know I changed one person, you, and I know it will be for the better.

Maybe you will learn how to harness your power and put it in a book of your own, maybe you will learn how easy it is to change the world. People think that only important people have power, because they don't know how to harness their own. But you do.

It doesn't have to be a book that you put your power in. It can be art, it can be music, it can be anything, but the power of words will have inspired it. Not even just words, even smaller things like sounds have power. The sound of the ocean may relax some, and frighten others. Thunder storms may calm one, but scare the other. The power is all around us and just needs to be harnessed to use. Find your source of power and build off of it. Some people might doubt you, but I never will, I know whatever you do will be amazing, as long as you are doing it with a good intention.

Now that you know how to harness the power you have to understand it. Just knowing and believing is simple. Using it correctly is hard for some. If you chose to do bad with your power, bad will come with it. If you choose good, good will come with it. It may not seem like it in the beginning, but in the end, it will happen.

Most humans are stuck in their lives, wandering endlessly, but you won't. Because I believe in you.
I believe you will do great things, and you will find your power, your purpose, one might say. And I will always be here for you. And that is how I will show my love, even if it can't be returned. Because I know, I love you, and there is a reason for it.

- bye for now,
your lover,
always and forever,
even while I'm stuck between the pages

Okay so I'm trying to make them longer but I don't want them to be too long that you can't read them easily and you don't want to read them. I personally think this is the best one I've written because it actually has a message. I hope you enjoy reading some of the thoughts I have regularly haha
-Ryan