YOU SEE, I USED TO BE JUST LIKE YOU.
ADHERING TO THE SAD GUIDELINES PROMOTED BY THE WESTERN CULTURE.
I WAS NOTHING BUT A COMPILATION OF EVERYONE I HAD MET.
I DARED TO NOT QUESTION THE STRUCTURE.
I WAS AFRAID TO BE DIFFERENT.
I SILENCED MY AUTHENTIC SELF.
LIVING IN A CONSTRUCTED ILLUSION.
IDENTIFYING AS MY JOB TITLE.
ACCEPTING PAY BELOW MY WORTH.
TOO FEARFUL TO SPEAK UP, TOO FEARFUL TO LEAVE, TOO FEARFUL OF WHAT OTHERS WOULD THINK.
BUT I LEARNED THERE WAS A LIGHTER WAY TO LIVE.
AND I PRAY YOU LEARN THE SAME –
WHETHER IT IS THROUGH INSIGHT OR GREAT EXPERIENCE,
THAT YOU CAN LIVE A DIFFERENT WAY,
A LIBERATING WAY, AN AUTHENTIC WAY.
AND WHEN YOU CATCH THAT GLIMPSE (SELF-DISCOVERY, HOPE, HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE, ETC)
EVEN IF IT IS JUST FOR A FLEETING MOMENT,
YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.