No matter how chaotic the past has been.. I am not my past. I am not my failures. I am what I have right now, in this moment. I will not be this person tomorrow. I am always changing.. A constant development. A walking art form. I am infinitely more complex than all of my individual problems added up together. Nothing is permanent, for I have acknowledged life’s lessons, each encounter, each person.. I have learned not to try and fix whatever has been broken. It’s not giving up, nor is it the end. It’s a new beginning. It’s subtracting the negative and making room for the positive. Negative people, negative things, negativity in general are the greatest destroyers of self confidence as well as self esteem. Rid of it. Know your worth. I will only stand for those who bring out the best in me. Imperfections are beautiful. Embrace that beauty. Never the less, we will be judged.. But I do not live to care what anyone thinks. I forgive those who place such judgments upon me and I move on, not for their benefit, but for my own. I now see things how they are, not how I hoped, not how I wished, or even expected them to be. I’ve found pleasure in not getting what I want, for it forces me to reevaluate things. I’ve reflected on all my differences, all of my strengths.. Strengths other people aren’t so fortunate to possess. What comes easy for me, may be more challenging for others.. Vice versa. I try and take this into consideration and hope that my strengths can dramatically help those around me. Not just my strengths, my passion. I feel that in sharing that, the psychological outcome has got to be a similar experience for everyone. Passion is an indescribable thing. It brings happiness and meaning to my life, and not only that.. I find it immediately gratifying. Passion must be shared. Passion keeps me from giving up, it has pushed me forward through even the toughest of times. I guess what I’m getting at, is to try what you want to try, go where you want to go. Follow your own intuition. Don’t accept false choices. Don’t let others put a cage around you. Whenever somebody discredits you and tells you that you can’t do something, keep in mind that they are speaking from within the boundaries of their own limitations. I once thought my past was indicative to my future, that I had been casted into an imprisoning mold, that I would never be successful in my own venture. Mindset, that is what it is all about. I pulled that trigger.

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