One young boy, one dark, lonely, cold street. Cars were rushing fast, back and forth. A group of at least 10 young men ran to him and started beating him up. They cornered him, punching, kicking and no one stopped to help. The young boy was all alone in this fight laying helplessly on the ground. After a few minutes the group ran through the street back to where they came from. The boy got up, cleaned up his blood and walked away alone on the dark street.
As I was looking through the bus window observing this battle, helpless in shock I couldn't stop but think - he was all alone in this fight, cornered up, beaten to bleeding but yet he managed to get up and walk away. This isn't just about violence, safety concerns or gangs, it's about life! We all at some point end up pulled into it and we must manage to get out of it. For each one the corner might be a tough choice, heartache, divorce, break up, growth, fight, whatever it is it's something important, but we must manage to fight. Life simply puts you in that corner punching you from left to right but you must withstand and clean yourself up!
My corner is the battle with myself. My fight is with the people around me punching me with their views, ideas, accusations, my past...my divorce! I spent 6 years with a man whom I have a child with. We had dreams, hopes, love which now is just a glimpse of the past. I am cornered to deal with life as a single, working mother who must fight. One blink and all that you had is gone...I can't stop but wonder how and when did it all go away as if it never happened. I end up cornered up with problems, stress, bills, people and I have to take the punches...alone! I must walk alone in this dark unknown path of life finding light in the small happy things in everyday life, in my daughter who is the best and most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. It's all for her! I fight and take the punches for her, for me with my own strength!
We can't always see what punches will come towards us but we can always choose to fight back even if we have to do it alone. I am hurt, bruised, alone but I got up, cleaned up the dust of the past and walked away...just like this young boy did.
It's not fair when innocent people get hurt! You know you did everything you could and continue to do everything right but somehow life gangs up on you still! Don't let it win you over. Fight back if you must and clean up the bruises. They will heal with time! As the infamous Rocky said "it ain't about how hard you hit. It'sabout how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." That's what the young boy did. That's what I did. What did you do?
