Why is it that the average person seeks out the advice of what feels like a million people

before consulting himself?

Knocking, looking, hoping, is he looking for answer?

Or looking for permission to be who he already knows he is? Is he looking for insight or

just validation that his reflection is in fact okay? See, I think we all deep down know who we are,

know what drives us. And even if we don't know exactly what the

destination, looks like our hearts know the direction best suited to begin the person. So

how is it so easy to forget? Why do we get our antennas crossed? See when life becomes

about meeting requirements and fulfilling obligations,

checking off boxes, and checking in on time, we forget the basics. We forget to live for

ourselves, as if our job is to play a part, not direct the movie. And playing apart is living up to expectations.

Directing the movie, well, that's creating your own expectations.

This world, your world, it belongs to you.

It's a world with both unimaginable happiness, bliss moments of ecstasy, and the occasional suffering,

chaos that we have to navigate through, but I think all of it comes down to whether you trust yourself to live it for yourself.

To remove the shackles, take the training wheels off, stop asking permission, and do what you've always

known was the right thing. That part never changed. It just had to wait amidst all you're looking

for external direction for you to pause and find the internal courage. Freedom is not a life without chaos.

It's trusting yourself to determine which dragons you will slay.

It's not a life without battles, but fighting those battles that result in your liberation,

dismissing the oppressors that build fences in your mind and chains around your

soul, I've thought a lot about the idea of a life well lived, what it means, how it feels,

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