Lauryn Hill, I miss you. I’ve been listening to her on and off all day. “The Miseducation” was the one of the first records I fell in love with. I need her kindred spirit to guide me through these next few weeks. Life is hitting me and friends pretty hard. Though we have to take the good with the bad, sometimes it’s easier said than done. I wish I was in a better position to help my friends, but I can barely help myself. All I can do is use my word. All I can do is put it up to my higher power. I say my because I have different beliefs than a lot of people, but I keep them to myself, because so often people tell me for one reason or another I don't live my life they I should (rather the way they pretend to live theirs) I believe you should form your own spiritual thoughts after exploring what the world has to offer. Don't go status quo, think and believe for yourself. The higher power is more of a being so I don't say he or she. I believe in the entity, from which we came and that which we shall one day return to. Guidance, patience, clarity, and truth are needed to tread the heavy waters of distress to come.