Neither Here Nor There

Change, sometimes it sneaks up on you and hits you over the head. And sometimes you turn a corner only to find you’re different in some small way. And the world doesn’t look quite like it used to.

Most of us think we know ourselves pretty well - our hopes, dreams, desires. We cling so tighly to the stories we tell ourselves. Not realizing that what we really should do is let go: let go of the belief that we’re invincible; let go of the idea we can’t do it on our own; let go of the fairy tale.

Because if we don’t let go, how can we move forward?

[U]nderneath all the layers of fear and the protection, we are, at our core, the same. We have the same needs. We carry with us the same capacity for good and evil. You are every person you will ever meet.

There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

We learn to hide the feelings that frighten us. First from others, then from ourselves. Many of us live our lives distant from our deepest feelings and never stop to wonder what would happen if we allowed ourselves to feel them fully; to express and share them with the world.