When born our hearts are open.
The emotions are vulnerable.
Our souls full of so much trust.
Our face expressing smiles that heal.
Smiles that melt the iciest of hearts.
Our eyes dart around the large room.
They can never see enough at once.
Our wobbly legs striving for independence.
Every year adds a whole new understanding.
Every year expands our need for independence.
Every year expands a list of what is right.
Every year expands a list of what is wrong.
We learn not just through words but example.
Sometimes what we are taught at home contradicts,
what we see through outside examples.
Many times others ignore the outside examples because
their parent/parents have kept them alive this long.
Others accept the outside examples because there is
peace and love in the environment unlike their home.
Others find chaos in deciding what side they fall on,
especially when there is so much confusion and complications.
So they run away as far as they can from both to soul search
in new places.
They search for understanding in new faces and added context
in fresh environments.
They grow older searching for some place that can help them
understand what example will guide them to the identity they wish to follow.
Were my parents wrong and the outside examples right?
Were the outside examples wrong and my parents always right?
Is breathing today all that life will ever offer me?
These questions follow them from place to place until one day with wisdom from life experience and learning to trust their intuition they see the larger picture of life.
They find acceptance in the path they chose because despite what they thought in youth they were on the right path meant for them all along.
They find acceptance and gratitude for what it brought them.
They find love for the identity they grew into.
Now despite some regrets they still found their peace and understand the lessons they needed to learn.
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Destiny\'s Perspective (Pseudonym) (
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Good writing destiny .. strange how we can go through so much pain sadness and it’s only later that we can learn to find who we truly are and accept ourselves a bit more
Yes life is strange that way! But it's the difference between a master of a craft and a novice. The more you learn through experience the easier challenges become. Your perception widens from narrow view that has hyper focus on the fear of the smallest mistakes to a high perspective that has overcome so much that you loose your sense of fear that you had in youth. You learn to go with the flow and just enjoy the moments as they come. Most people find that perception later in life if they choose to mature with age that is. Regardless destiny will always find you. It's with you right now. People are just born for different purposes because our lives are just small specks on the large chess board of time. It's why I tell people all of the time to embrace their story only not someone else's.
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