listen.

The noise in your head is so loud that you can't listen to music, you can't listen to the radio, you can barely listen to the sounds of cars on the street and the wet thud of your boot heel. There is too much in your head and you are tired, so tired, of noticing everything and feeling everything and swallowing it up until you can't find yourself. Where will you find peace? What will you do when you walk in the door and tears form in the corners of your eyes? How will you understand?

Sit down and write. Sit down and read. Sit down and meditate.

Remember this: sometimes there's no great meaning to the world and each passing emotion. They exist. Let them.

Now, listen.

I mean, listen.

LISTEN!

Listen to your own thoughts and feelings and every other sound in this world around you. Just listen! Stop asking, thinking, making, excusing, explaining. Just listen.

When you are done listening and you feel full, then pick up your pen to write again. Have something to eat. And write again.