A ROYAL MANDATE FROM ABOVE

MY ROYAL MANDATE FROM ABOVE 
A Mental Health Calling
 
In the infancy of life where all is believed to be free, I readily awaken to the voice of reasoning~~~I had a natural desire to know more about the affairs of humanity and unaware of any impending danger, it was not hard to start my day~~~You see, what I wanted most was to make a difference in the lives of others~~~Living in an atmosphere where production was my merit, I presented myself regularly as a servant~~~With eager effort to serve, I found myself directly involved in community affairs~~~I shared many thoughts and innovative ideas, much of which I thought had fallen on hollow grounds; later, I found those concepts embraced and given a direction void of me~~~ Challenged to be the best that I could be, expressing my greatest version, I reached out to individuals perceived to be living fortunate lives~~~Circumstances, uncommonly, known to me, emerged~~~I noted unusual behavior within what appeared to be normal activities~~~ Individuals in positions to serve, could not eliminate the needs of others; actually, their needs were synonymously the same~~~With my reasoning abilities, void of intuition, and certainly, without judgment, I questioned characters built upon strange belief systems. As they presented themselves and without wisdom, a challenge began; what a back lash--that’s a mistake, echoed a small voice within; nevertheless, I silenced that small voice~~~ Further, along my way, that which was uncommon surfaced again~~~This time I became aware of a level of anxiety in me never before experienced~~~Neatly wrapped in mysterious paper and foreign to my consciousness was a sadness surrounded by fear~~~It took me by surprise as it unfolded. My first thought was “where in hell did this come from?” I did not realized it at the time but I had initiated my mental health calling and was serving under a mandate from above~~~Confined within the chambers of my heart were feelings I had kept at bay~~~Those feelings gradually grew near for recognition; the harder I tried to