exercise 01
in an effort to know myself better, i have decided again (after many feeble attempts) to commit to writing in this sacred space yet again. i started when i was 12 and i'm back, years and lifetimes later at 28.
so many things in my life have changed since then and all the skins i've shed feel like the many pasts i've lived. it's funny and strange and amazing how much someone can grow and change and evolve and feel like 50 different people in one body. how only the present can truly define us. or how it all boils down and comes to define us eventually.
at 28 i can honestly say i like where i am. i cant lie and act like i'm not struggling. everything is great but i know that at the end of the day, with all the glitz and trappings of what appears to be amazing, it's important to stay balanced, grounded and sincerely connected to whatever it is that means so much to me.
the truth is, we live in a superficial world obsessed with the latest, greatest, dazzling, shimmery thing; a world that turns a blind eye to things that are tough and difficult to accept. we're head deep in a society that would rather sweep things under a rug - take the easy choice instead of get on warrior mode and come face to face with the cold hard facts.
i remember having a conversation with my high school best friends at 17 about how we didn't think we'd change so much past that age, and man, for me i feel like that was lifetimes ago. i've shed a lot of skin since then figuratively and literally and everyday is a battle to be better.
i guess that's the nice thing about being human, there's always room for change and there's always time to progress and improve. we start with ourselves but at the end of the day, it's for the good of all.
so many things in my life have changed since then and all the skins i've shed feel like the many pasts i've lived. it's funny and strange and amazing how much someone can grow and change and evolve and feel like 50 different people in one body. how only the present can truly define us. or how it all boils down and comes to define us eventually.
at 28 i can honestly say i like where i am. i cant lie and act like i'm not struggling. everything is great but i know that at the end of the day, with all the glitz and trappings of what appears to be amazing, it's important to stay balanced, grounded and sincerely connected to whatever it is that means so much to me.
the truth is, we live in a superficial world obsessed with the latest, greatest, dazzling, shimmery thing; a world that turns a blind eye to things that are tough and difficult to accept. we're head deep in a society that would rather sweep things under a rug - take the easy choice instead of get on warrior mode and come face to face with the cold hard facts.
i remember having a conversation with my high school best friends at 17 about how we didn't think we'd change so much past that age, and man, for me i feel like that was lifetimes ago. i've shed a lot of skin since then figuratively and literally and everyday is a battle to be better.
i guess that's the nice thing about being human, there's always room for change and there's always time to progress and improve. we start with ourselves but at the end of the day, it's for the good of all.