Have you ever realized that what you thought you hated about someone ended up being yourself?

To the mother i never really knew

Thank you for always being there for her
Thank you for always supporting her
Thank you for always caring for her
Thank you for always working so hard for her
Thank you for always being a friend to her
Thank you for always being understanding her
Thank you for always trusting her
Thank you for always having faith in her
Thank you for always having hope in her
Thank you for always being patient for her
Thank you for always loving her
And thank you for her...

I am still trying my best to keep my promise to you. Everyday I do my best to take care of her, protect her, listen to her, and love her. She is an amazing person because of the foundation you built. She is always trying to look at life with an optimistic perspective and live it with passion. Even though life gets tough at times, I always remind her that you believe in her and that you would rather see her smile than cry any day. Thank you for everything you did for her. Happy birthday and rest in peace. We will always love you and miss you.. especially her.

Deception

My user name is Souless because my last name is Solis. So I'm not actually soulless but in fact quite soulful and I enjoy the irony of that fact. However, I think at times we all are a little soulless since we are often drowning in our everyday getting caught up with everything else. We lose ourselves in the world because we are constantly conforming to everything around us. Whether it is large or small, we all conform for some reason and for that fact we sometimes get carried away with the constant adaptation to our changing surroundings. This leads to our self-deception because we become what everything else wants us to be but not what we want to be and we start believing that that is who we are. Sometimes we just need to stop focusing on the world around us and focus on the world inside us.