Where Do You Truly Belong?
Random musings
Have you ever wondered how much of your past you should carry with you i.e. your identity so far vs how much you should look ahead to adapt to a new identity
What do you do then
Do you establish your past as your core identity and let it firm up with time or stay fluid as water to see how life shapes you with time?
Have you struggled to draw the line between self-improvement and self-acceptance
What do you do then
Do you keep pushing the envelope all the time or with time accept your shortcomings and learn to work around it?
Have you ever been afraid to truly love someone thinking it will make you vulnerable and rob you of your true self
What do you do then
Do you practice safe love where you shield your heart or do you love relentlessly even though it makes you physically weak?
Have you ever forgiven someone while also secretly wanting to punish them for their betrayal
What do you do then
Do you become the bigger person by practising forgiveness or do you take out an eye for an eye thus serving true justice
Have you ever been in a moment where while you are truly enjoying yourself, you can simultaneously feel an uncanny sense of nostalgia. It’s like the moment hasn’t passed but yet you’ve started missing the moment already..
What do you do then
Do you enjoy that moment while it lasts or take pictures to create memories and build on the nostalgia?
Have you ever lived so much in the future that the present just doesn’t register like you are in your life’s train coach excited to reach the destination but also witnessing your life breeze past you
What do you do then
Do you get off the coach unsure if you’d enjoy the mundane destinations or wait for the big destination reveal so you can feel like you’ve finally arrived in life?
Have you experienced a sense of deep connection with someone while also feeling a bizarre sense of disconnect and withdrawal from them
What do you do then
Do you foster and build the connection or accept that things have changed and move on with life?
Have you ever hated someone for loving you unconditionally when you see yourself as terribly flawed so all you want to do is just hurt them for loving such a flawed human being
What do you do then
Do you push the person away for loving you or let go of your insecurities and believe that real love is indeed flawed
Have you ever clung onto your life’s narrative so hard that you’ve labelled the actors in your life a certain way and don’t want to revisit their role even though they’ve change, why? well because it’s just convenient
What do you do then
Do you write people off because you were once bitten and now twice shy and know that people don’t change or do you give people endless chances while keeping your guard up cause they might change
Have you ever wondered how much is it you in a situation vs the other person who is perhaps grappling with their insecurities
What do you do then
Do you empathise with the person by trying to put yourself in their shoe or do you secretly expect that the person should do the same for you
