It’s yours.
Words to make every absentee parent run faster than Usain Bolt.
Most of us don’t feel any connection to our youth. Sure, we have nostalgia for some tv shows and locations, but we don’t honor anything about who we were back then.
I didn’t think it was important.
I mean what the hell did I know as a kid?
A lot of what makes you who you are was obvious in your playground-running, booger- launching, and pant-shitting days.
Naturally, we don’t like to remember the times where we were kinda gross, had weird interests, and some questionable behaviors.
But child you possessed an unattainable wisdom you’ve since forgotten. When we’re young, we always do things we enjoy. We’re unbothered by politics, and the opinions of others, and most importantly- we’re far more comfortable with who we are.
The shame of adulthood hasn’t corrupted us yet.
As you become socialized, your custody arrangement changes- now you’re seeing the kid every other weekend, and you often wonder are they truly yours?
Somehow you forgot that you were equally weird.
We numb our traits, and then we lose connection to the things that gave us life, our uniqueness. Slowly, we age into passionless generic beings and live a life that resembles the public, a reflection of the times we’re living in, it just blends into the background.
Shame was taught to you.
Guilt was taught to you.
Insecurity was taught to you.
Go take a lesson from child you, because they knew better than to feel those things. You’ve got to remember your individuality and start connecting to it.
It’s really the only way to become what you are- to become who you were meant to be and to live a life you find worth living.
#StayFoolish
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