A question I frequently get asked, "Would your younger self be proud of who you are today, or be horrified to see what you have become?" And to that I say, no.
My younger self was nothing like who I am now, and I believe that if younger me met present me, they would idolize me. Simply because of the skills I adapted due to my childhood and the way that I wasn't afraid to be who I really was.
Right? I mean surely I've got my personality down. I know what I feel inside. Right? Right?
To be honest, not really. But I suppose that's okay because it means I have room to still think about what kind of a person I want to be when I grow up.
But I'm the age right now that I always dreamt about being and its no walk in the park. Is it still better then where I was before? Definitely. But that doesn't mean I can't dwell on the past. There's no shame in appreciating what already happened, however there's shame in trying to turn a clock backwards when it's clear that it'll only ever be moving clockwise.
Remember that okay? I know that no matter what you will probably forget but at the very least, people will keep repeating those simple words. "Looks towards the future, walk away from the past" or some version of them at least.
I'm proud of you for still being here because it sure isn't easy no matter how much people act like it is. The problems of the world aren't going to be solved even when you start healing because it's not a smooth surface. It has bumps and ridges much like the earth itself.
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NouvellesConfusion is good for the mind. Try to figure out what each of these stories mean. Hint: they all have more than one meaning
