Nobody Knows

How do you show the importance of your life? You are enthusiastic about it. A little 4 year old boy had been diagnosed with tourette syndrome. With a constant fight of uncontrollable tics and motions he never lost his enthusiasm for life. At age 19 he wrote the following poem titled, "Nobody Knows."

Nobody seems to ever understand the painful things I feel,
Nobody knows what's inside my head or even if it's real.
Nobody knows what it feels like to constantly be confused,
Nobody knows how sad I feel when I feel that I'm being used.
*Nobody knows what it feels like to be afraid to go to sleep,
The fear of never waking up again, The fear of sinking so deep.
Maybe someday they'll find the key that unlocks the mystery of my mind,
And from that day on I'll finally be free and happiness will be mine.
But until that day nobody knows the feeling of being me,
Maybe they're not looking hard enough, maybe they just can't see.

*A year and a half later he actually died in his sleep on July 3, 1990.
"Why worry about tomorrow if you are only guaranteed today."

Quote of the month: "Commitment is keeping your word after the feeling has passed."