Sometimes I get onto this platform with a mission. I feel I know exactly what I want to say. Then up comes the blank document and my mind suddenly reflects it.
A blinking cursor, waiting for my fingertips to direct traffic and curate something that takes my breath away.
Sometimes I stare into the void, just waiting. Fingertips poised and ready to drop bombs that my mind never delivers.
Sometimes I have to force myself to step away and realize, maybe, whatever it was I was gunning to release wasn’t ready, or mine to give away.
Sometimes what comes out is nothing I could have imagined. It feels foreign to me, but meant for me. And those, are the most powerful insights ever.
Sometimes, I write things down, and step away without editing, revising, or revisiting until someone else comes along and likes the content. Sometimes it takes days, months, even years. Each time I come back to read it, for whatever reason, I’m struck by the profound impact it has on me. I find myself thanking the version of me that found it in itself to release the message for future reference.
Find a way to speak to yourself that allows you to realize the continual growth patterns in life. The process of self-reflection transforms moments where fear, anxiousness, and uncertainty might reign and drive the narrative in my life into pure potential.
Being aware of the growth that’s occurred, brings excitement toward the same unknowns that might render me incapable of forward motion. It puts into perspective the collective choices I’ve invested in and reminds me of the uniqueness of my path. There are no mistakes. There are no coincidences. Each of us is making our own way each day. And each day brings new opportunities to make or break our progression.
Each break releases me to move and grow more rapidly. Each new opportunity leads me into new expressions of myself I have yet to encounter.
They say, that the fear response and that of excitement are rendered by the same chemicals released into my body. The difference lies in perspective. And perspective is only rendered through awareness and experience.
The more I experience, the greater my reflections, and the greater my reflections the deeper my awareness becomes until I am a well-house in the middle of a desert offering life-giving water to whoever might pass through. (My future self included.)
So to this version of myself. Thank you. Thank you for taking time for me, and thank you for being welcoming to vulnerability and change.
Thank you for being willing to transform and struggle for the wings I will come back to you with.
Thank you for choosing me. I choose you.