since i’ve been under the weather
and since the weather itself
has been wildly fluctuating
and since my life is feeling a bit wild too
this week i’ve decided to resurrect
an old blog post from january 2015
asking what i think is a very important question
that we should try to answer from time to time
“the most common despair is not choosing, or willing, to be oneself.
but the deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than oneself.”
-19th century danish philosopher soren kierkegaard
who are you?
do you even know?
did you ever know?
would you recognize yourself if you caught a glimpse of the real you?
what is your true longing?
your true desire?
your true essence?
how many times have you done the accepted thing?
gone down the expected path?
sacrificed your own needs and wants in order to stay safe?
to not stand out?
sacrificed your authenticity?
we all waver at times
we second-guess
we make choices we regret
or worse yet, we don’t choose at all
are you living your own life?
or someone else’s?
don’t waste your time
today is your only opportunity
be the person you want to be
the one struggling to break free
perhaps only a wishful daydream at present
but we do have a choice
each of us can choose to bring forth the exquisite sunshine of our soul
the actual person we know we can be
go
now
conquer the fears that keep you from blooming
don’t wait
don’t wait
don’t wait
who are you?
choose to be oneself
do not despair
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