“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the
bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Twain
What are you doing?! My answer? LIVING. It ain't easy, but sometimes (cliche as it is) it just is. Life requires acknowledgement of itself. You want to be in Oz? You build a rainbow that works. Roll up your sleeves, wake up early, and take your colors out of the box. Bond 'em together, fashion them piece by piece. Build until you've curved over what's stopping you. Move on in spite of limits. Give yourself the chance to make it work for you. Take this as permission, Dorothy. What you have in front of you is alarmingly fantastic. Despite the outcries for pessimism masked in "reality," you are luckier, more blessed, with more opportunity than an unimaginable amount of folk in this world, and in fact all of time. Let yourself come loose. Don't focus on your lacks. You're more than your degree. You're more than money owed or where you're from or "what you do." You're more than your aims, my friend, just as you are more than your deficiencies. You're bigger than "you." You bear witness, through all your experience - good, bad, fruitful, wasted. You bear witness to the beauty of it all, to the sad, confused muddle of a world that surrounds us all. You're bigger than "you" because you're as big as Life. And Life wants to be seen and heard and danced with.
So. Taste the experience. Love the breath. Taste it and let go. Listen to your gut. Worry not. Live with most of your stars out. Heed Mister Twain. And this:
"Never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it." - The Beach
Lean into it dear. Whether you see it or not, you are where you need to be.
Tread softly. Move steadily. GO.
What are you doing?! My answer? LIVING. It ain't easy, but sometimes (cliche as it is) it just is. Life requires acknowledgement of itself. You want to be in Oz? You build a rainbow that works. Roll up your sleeves, wake up early, and take your colors out of the box. Bond 'em together, fashion them piece by piece. Build until you've curved over what's stopping you. Move on in spite of limits. Give yourself the chance to make it work for you. Take this as permission, Dorothy. What you have in front of you is alarmingly fantastic. Despite the outcries for pessimism masked in "reality," you are luckier, more blessed, with more opportunity than an unimaginable amount of folk in this world, and in fact all of time. Let yourself come loose. Don't focus on your lacks. You're more than your degree. You're more than money owed or where you're from or "what you do." You're more than your aims, my friend, just as you are more than your deficiencies. You're bigger than "you." You bear witness, through all your experience - good, bad, fruitful, wasted. You bear witness to the beauty of it all, to the sad, confused muddle of a world that surrounds us all. You're bigger than "you" because you're as big as Life. And Life wants to be seen and heard and danced with.
So. Taste the experience. Love the breath. Taste it and let go. Listen to your gut. Worry not. Live with most of your stars out. Heed Mister Twain. And this:
"Never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it." - The Beach
Lean into it dear. Whether you see it or not, you are where you need to be.
Tread softly. Move steadily. GO.
