New Experiences

Each year when I turn a year older, I never feel any different on the exact day. When midnight hits, I still feel like me from the time before. However, there are so many moments where the time seems to have gone by so quickly. It's hard to witness yourself actually growing up, but then you come to those realizations where you've actually changed immensely in the short, long period. Every second, I treasure more and every obstacle, I am more determined to overcome. The world is such a beautiful place with so much to offer and a lesson I've learned is too always to try to be open to it. Keep your arms wide open because there is definitely more joy out there that will come.

Tiny Poems From Once Before (Again)

1:01 AM

All that I thought

to be true

was false

and all that I fought

to be right

left 

Another round of too much thinking and too much feeling has led me to crack open my poetry journals oncemore. As of late, my brain has been going a million miles a minute. It's become a rarity for me to be able to form my thoughts coherently enough to become poetry. My mind is constantly being pushed and pulled in a wide array of different directions. And although I haven't been writing as much, I am fully aware of the sense of welcoming and comfort that reading your own writing can give.

The Choices We Make

If young people had to draw a map of their life with the current knowledge they have, where to begin and where it will stop would all be a blur. The perfect decision, a path without obstacles and trials is impossible to discern. Sometimes we have to take our best guess and take comfort in the fact that we are in the best position to ask ourselves what we want. We know what the paper looks like and we have the path in mind, so even if we're doing it blindfolded we are not completely unprepared.