Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own

rebirth many years ago and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life

lessons and revelations. I believe in casual or clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose

because self-help doesn't have to be so complicated.

My favorite thing about Facebook is Facebook memories and since I've been

posting for so long in the morning I get these little time capsules and some

of them are actually really embarrassing because if it's like looking into your

yearbook you know seeing the orange sweater that you wore or the

the hairstyle that you had. But sometimes I will find a or I will get served up a little nugget that still resonates and it's just a great

remind it's like one of those exercises where you write a letter to your future self you forget about it or you write a letter to your future self, you forget about it, or you write a letter to you, you

mail it, you forget about it, and then it comes in the mail and it's kind of a pleasant

surprise.

Anyway, I got one today, I want to share with you.

It goes like this.

It came in the form of an image that was a text that was sent out.

You'll get what you want when you don't want it so bad.

And you know you got it not because it's what you imagined because it won't look like that

but because it produces the feeling you've always wanted.

Then you realize what you wanted was this and not what you imagined.

So if you know my story, the life that I have now isn't what I imagined. I grew up in LA. I never

thought I would be living in Altadina. Altadina is this little patch up by Pasadena.

Growing up in Los Angeles, especially pursuing screenwriting,

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