Stop Being So Hard On Yourself

Dear beautiful universe, 

Why are you always being so hard on yourself?

You want to conquer the world and combat imperfections,

But when something goes wrong, you turn into Freakazoid…

Is absolute perfection possible?

When you try to reach for the stars,

It may take lots of tries;

You will eventually get there if you persevere.

Is the ultimate goal of happiness achievable?

When opportunity and joy meet, it becomes bliss,

But will you let yourself feel your feelings?

Reality may be painful,

But you have to accept faults before you can fly…

Feelings can’t be ignored

Or they will make a vengeful return.

You need to accept perfection not being plausible 

And fight your battles day by day;

The stars will be yours as long as you pursue a higher power each day.

Faith, friendship, and love will help you triumph as long as you believe in them… even if takes 800 tries

You don’t have to beat yourself up over small losses if you can get up afterward;

You will win the game as long as you stay standing and keep fighting!

Love,

Rebs! <3

Delete These Pesky Clowns

This is how it feels to finally purge the toxic people in my life... in spoken word form. Enjoy!

-------------------------------------

Douse the despair
And don't venture unprepared
Into the jungle of a universe where life resides in its own deep, dark ridges and humans control the planet...
With the exception of the soul supreme being that we embody as our own massive spiritual entity...

We struggle and we try,
And we laugh and we cry,
As we run awry and try not to die in this society known as madness...
While we deliberately avoid the binding tides of "the loop"
Where the inability to proceed is developed... literally to a point where you're completely stuck...
Yet you've been hanging with these clowns for far too long now...

When all we want to do is to thrive in all smiles, we sometimes get put to the test...
No, not some lame written exam you take in school, but these tests provide plenty of life challenges and even more obstacles...
These are the obstacles that clearly define who is real and who provides poison...

We try to escape from our troubles by placing a shade over our already-made facade while we test the game of life...

At times we seek assistance from what society tells us to avoid in order to be able to put a cloak over the negativity in the air...
Don't indulge in its nasty aftertaste though...

But immersing in the wrong circle of friends can result in your gold changing into coal as your exuberant mental state fades away...

This painful reality can also come to fruition when an overall poor investment is made with the wrong people.

When we surround ourselves with toxicity, the pathogens that we "think" are our friends are actually the ones responsible for draining us like a sponge and effortlessly tossing us in the trash...
If that's the case, then why the hell do we keep going back?
It's because we try again and again and again oh so relentlessly to find the good in the situation and we end up making our reluctant returns even more and more to see these people...
When all that's going to happen is that you're going to turn into a clown with them... and victory will definitely NOT be yours...

All of a sudden, plenty of troublesome situations later, an alarm with blaring lights finally decides to trigger before you want to explode from how badly you refuse to fall down with them...
The overpowering urge to vanish from the poisonous relationships takes shape while the motion to move forward from your heart succeeds! 

It may be one of the most difficult decisions that a young one can make, but the benefits far outweigh the costs... and then some!

This pivotal epiphany eventually sinks in after you've become so sick of these people that after a certain amount of time when you finally realize how done you are, you take a huge sip of the nice pot of "let's delete these pesky clowns" that you've been brewing over the past few months...
And boy, does it feel nice!

Once the evil is in your rear view mirror, don't EVER go back... or even look back! NEVER EVER EVER! 

Take a vow to avoid heading towards that dungeon of hell for as long as time exists and think of how badly you never want to be in that place ever again...

Erase those lines on the map and go pencil in some new ones. 

Realize how we need to seek out treasure and not trolls... 

That way, you will come out with a triumphant smile that exclaims, "lesson learned! I'm FREE!"
And this mistake will never, ever happen again!

Open Mic Nite Performance Of "Progression"

I went to the Heartland Cafe again in Rogers Park, Chicago and performed "Progression" on 5-21-14! I'm basically describing what it feels like to be someone who is just dying to make progress in life and doesn't want to be held back by anything or anyone!



For exact words to this poem, check out: http://dbzmaron.blogspot.com/2014/04/progression.html



Pardon my lack of memorization. Enjoy!

Accessories

This is a spoken word version of how it would feel to be used, as well as how people shouldn't be used and treated as objects. If that ever happens to you, you're better than that! Stand up for yourself and show whoever is mistreating you that you are worthy of better, don't deserve to be taken advantage of, and they are not worthy of being a part of your life. Enjoy!

---

Accessories…
When you think of an accessory, you generally associate it with being an object that you wear or random extra useful programs that you’d find on your computer…

Think again…

If you want to refer to a person as “being something”, you’d usually describe them as nice, kind, happy, pretty, shy, sweet, introverted, extroverted, whatever…
Accessories are supposed to be nice, just like how people are at least supposed to be…
They can be used, abused, worn out, and thrown away…
Or used until broken kind of like how you want to hold onto your car until it’s been driven into the ground and won’t even function anymore…

Now imagine a wallet…
Yes, it’s where people store their money, credit cards, and whatever else
You can get a fancy wallet or a cheap wallet, hold it in your purse or pocket, and run along with life as usual.

Just think about it for a second…

Take all these definitions of items you hold onto for daily use and apply that definition onto people…

People are used like a machine…
They work from sunrise to sunset for the pleasure of others to expect and receive little or nothing in return…
And when that does happen,
They don’t fully realize the extent of how poorly they’re being treated
Because the people on the using end look at the situation in terms of “how can I benefit from this person?”
You can’t just put a price tag on people and expect them to do all your nonsensical tasks for you and expect them to be fully productive after a certain point,
Because people have a limit of how much they’re willing to endure and once that line has been jumped over and stomped on a bunch of times, they end up saying “screw this” and just vanish…

People are used like a wallet…
If you take a highly successful individual and pair them off with a bunch of people who have nothing at all in their lives,
Those who have nothing will feed off their prey like a hungry shark who’s starving for its dinner, bite, and leave when there’s nothing left… and just suck all of your money away because they are miserable and have NOTHING for themselves and think it’s ok to be some kind of a leech to people…
And you give it to them because you want to do whatever you can to help the person get back on their feet, be happy, and share the same fun that you have with some hope of them at least being somewhat appreciative…
But meanwhile, it’s just an expense to you and costing you money
Just to have a friend who only sees you as a body and a wallet and nothing more…

Friends should be an ASSET… NOT an EXPENSE!

The lonesome warrior will either let it happen and sulk in the pain and misery or take a moment to realize that they are more worthy than being someone else’s dinner and vanish…

Because being used like an accessory hurts… it’s PAINFUL… it’s HORRIBLE… it’s an infliction of sheer hell, and treating the virtue of kindness as if someone just took a shit in your face…
So why do we even try to break people like how a three year-old rips the head off of a Barbie doll?
Because people are a bunch of selfish assholes who are only in it for themselves and don’t care about the implications of the situation on others…

Well, what do we do?

We need to unite and become stronger and find the right fish in the sea instead of letting ourselves take years and years of vicious pain and not do anything to change the situation in order to grow and better ourselves!
We need to break the cycle of improper use and realize that we aren’t a toy, machine, or wallet, we’re DEFINITELY NOT an accessory, and realize that we are BETTER than that!
We are STRONGER than that!
We are more POWERFUL than that!

What are you waiting for?
Stand up for yourself!
Speak out loud and have your voice heard!
It’s the only way to win the battle!

Progression

This is what I think it means to make progress while being a successful young professional in their young twenties when they're learning how to thrive and tackle the world by storm. This is most definitely spoken word too. Enjoy!

---

Do you ever have that moment
Where you feel like you have endless amounts to say, but nowhere to expel the information?

What do you do with your internal information overloads when all you crave is an off button?

You either decide to mix everything into some magical melting pot that we humans refer to as a work of art,
Or you take everything that's been locked up inside for however long, put it in a bottle, cork it up, and hide it further away within our minds...

At some point, it feels like your brain is going to explode... and all you end up doing is talking and talking and talking and talking and it begins to speed up and now you're ranting and everyone wants you to just shut up and you can't stop talking because you have so much to say and you just wish someone would take a couple minutes and LISTEN to the words that need to be said to prevent a massive explosion from happening... Because all you've done lately is waste your time with shitty people instead of making something of yourself and finding REAL people who don't cost you money... And no, buying your friends doesn't mean joining a greek organization in college, but it means paying for people's destructive habits and enabling them to continue a lifestyle that is also detrimental to you and productive to no one...

Everyone seems to be in their own little world and selfishly care about themselves while there's a small percentage of individuals who truly want to make a difference...
Meanwhile, the media takes up much of our energy,
And it mainly provides negative or depressing stories that people don't always care to hear, such as “this person was shot in the south side of Chicago”, because we'd like to hear something POSITIVE for once...
Not necessarily someone saving a cat out of a tree,
But something along the lines of "this person raised a million dollars and donated it to support homeless people or war victims" or something like that...
Distractions consume more of our focus than we think,
And we're all either caught up in our past or are too wasted in our own heads to be able to exert energy for the greater good...

What if you want to make a difference but hit a roadblock?
Do you remain stagnant or do whatever you can to exit the loop and progress forward...
Sometimes, even when it's extremely difficult to remain positive, you just have to hold on tight with all your might and maybe even put up a fight...
Because nothing comes out of a closed mouth
And people can't read your mind either...

If you reach a point where you feel extreme discomfort then why don't you just stand up for yourself?
However, those who tell you that it "isn't that hard" are heavily mistaken...

Acting upon your thoughts within your mind is a lot easier said than done,
Especially if it requires you stepping out of your comfort zone and divulging information that's difficult to surrender to the public eye...

But you want to avoid being stagnant...
You want to create change in the world...
You want to make something of yourself...
You want to make a difference...
You crave progression and have the strongest desires to avoid the twisted loop that's quite difficult to rip yourself free from its tightly painful grip...
It's time to leave your past and troubles outside when you step into the ring...
That's what you're fighting for... justice and all the success that you crave!

Of course, you need to have a partner in crime by your side in order to accomplish your fullest potential...
Someone who brings out the best in you...
The one person who is the Batman to your Robin and even has the desire to share milkshakes with you!
You may think that you can proceed in life alone, but no, you really can't...
So quit being so darn stubborn!
You NEED someone... you NEED love... you NEED a friend... even if it's just ONE person, you still NEED someone!
Without a special someone who magically falls from the sky to provide guidance, or even just a best friend, you’ll end up craving that proper contact that you ACTUALLY NEED!

It stinks when you feel like you have to be your own best friend just to protect yourself from a spiraling downfall,
And even have to migrate to the place of absolute last resort to avoid falling into a giant trap of being used and abused...

But no matter what the situation is,
No matter how absolutely crappy it is,
And regardless of how many things you're unhappy with at the current point in time,
You HAVE to keep going,
Because there ALWAYS is at least SOMETHING positive that's happening in the meantime!
And the main thing that's definitely certain is that goodbye isn't the answer,
Quitting definitely isn't the answer,
And vanishing is an even worse idea...

You need to create your own journey of success!
With dreams spanning even farther than the clouds
That may even be too big for the average person to swallow,
Just follow them... just go... right now…!
Don't let ANYTHING or ANYONE stop you from achieving the ultimate destiny that you crave!
Life is yours!
Go run proudly and dive head first into it!
You definitely deserve it!

Turbulence

Growing up is never easy, but requires you to put your all into life in order to ensure your success. This is how I feel (in spoken word poetic form) about what growing up really is and what it really means, especially because I am going through it right now. It's all about the coming of age. Enjoy!

For more awesomeness from me, find me on facebook: www.facebook.com/RebsMcduxler

---

Hey!
Get your ass up!
Snap to reality!
What were you thinking
Just going out there exploring aimlessly without an end goal in mind...
You could get into some serious trouble
Unless you know how to handle yourself...

So how did you end up there in the first place..?

The scatterbrained fiend
Started climbing up the ladder
With no idea what they were doing at all...
They were just impulsively making decisions without stopping to take a second and think...
You need a moment to think about what the decision really means
And what it really does,
Along with the impact it is going to make on yourself and others...
Don't you want to take a risk?
You can't if you say no all the time,
But if you say yes to everything like the man in the movie,
You'll end up feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders while frozen in a state of being overwhelmed...
You definitely don't want to hit that point that's for darn sure...

There's sometimes a point where you can't help it and everything comes at you all at once like the strong winds that cause turbulence on a plane...
These gusts of wind feel so strong... almost too strong to bear... I can't do it... I cant do it... I can't do this anymore this is too strong to withstand I just wanna give up... Please God help me I'm going to have a breakdown please help... Please help!

Wait a minute...

Giving up, eh?
You're better than that!
Because quitting will either put you in a loop, put you in a hole, or put you in a grave...
Because it's all about the coming of age!
So what you screw up,
Make a foolish decision... or twelve,
Or lose a bunch of your friends while consistently meeting the wrong people even more...
Until of course you wake up and realize what the heck you're doing,
Snap out of the craze,
And decide to move forward...

Progression is a decision, not a court-ordered mandate...
If you want to change the world you have to be starving for growth and for consuming the stars...
You have to crave it like how Freddie Mercury drinks the spotlight when he performs...
And of course you have to embrace it!

You can't deny, erase, or reject the coming of age...
It's like turbulence
It may be extremely shaky, unsteady, and quite unruly,
But you won't die and head towards your pending doom...
Just step outside of the little box referred to as your own little hidden world!
It's the only way to be able to own the stars
And emerge with gold encasing your world!