Mood Swings

      What a strange time to be alive.  I wake each day with sweepingly different outlooks on life.  Two current events provide me with a an analogy of my moody pendulum.  Egypt offers inspiration and the power of youth, revitalizing my outlook.  Then, close to my heart, Mexico and her immense, seemingly unsolvable problems overwhelms and fills me with a deep sadness.  My personal outlook battles between youth, a limitless future and the unsolvable puzzle, a devastating acceptance.  That is where I am, waking at times, twenty-nine years old, young and excited, twenty-nine years old, stagnant and uninspired.
I need to stick with my Egypt and use her to converse with my Mexico.  Accept and swim toward the uncharted waters of the future, my wide eyes held high above the water.  Keep learning, keep swimming and moving forward.  Because my Mexico is a great nation and even, although stricken with lead has too much potential to sink at any age.
Maybe a little sappy, but sap rises!