All Along, The Power Was Free
The weirdest thing I’ve learned about myself lately is that I am. Just like that — I am. I’m realizing I have the power to shake some shit up here. To bend my own reality. I am whatever I decide to be. And in any moment, that’s the decision I get to make. I’m learning that everything of true value to me… is free. I was played. I’ve been lied to. My fulfillment — the kind that touches my spirit, not just my ego — doesn’t come with a price tag. I can change my entire day just by changing my breathing pattern. I can shift my thoughts by meditating, by spending time with God. I can return to my childlike joy just by playing with my puppy. I can align my spine by sleeping on the floor, not the $300 bed that reminds me every morning — as I crawl out of it — that I must’ve slept on a pea under the mattress. Stillness comes with a cost too. But not like the cost of moving too much, too soon. I’m here. I’ve been here, for what feels like a while now. And though I still...