Hey there.

Hi you, yes you! It’s been quite a while. I never thought to catch up, grab a drink, or flash a smile. We have shared experiences, stories of when we were young, how fast were you? How far could you run? We knew the same people, but saw different faces. Everyone had different stories, but we walked the same places. 

I wish I knew then what I know now to be true, I’d dig a little deeper, find what makes you, you. More importantly, though, I’d find what makes me, me. Not like what’s my favorite color or climbing a tree, but why am I nervous or why am I here? What makes me tick, what’s my biggest fear? I’d face things head-on, I’d tackle that shit, I’d no longer self-harm or use humor or Wit to mask things I’m feeling I’d really feeeeel it. I wouldn’t give up, I wouldn’t just quit. I’d tell friends I love them because it is true, I’d have fresh adventures, and not fear the new. I’d let my heart break and sit in that pain, not shove it deep down to nobody's gain. I’d slow down and listen to my grandparents stories not go through the motions, with haste and hurry. 

I did all those things, though. I made those mistakes. it made me a human, it made me…pretty great. So do I regret it? not really, how could I? With out those pitfalls I’d have no wings, TO fly. I’m just grateful for time and that I’m out of that mix. I’m grown, I’ve moved on.. I’m over all of it. 

I’m thankful for the history and experiences we share, although we’ve all changed we still breathe the same air, the same mountains shaped, in the same lake we swam, I think we’ve even touched the same grain of sand. 

Similarities and differences they make us each shine, a light in which only can be brought out with time, and the desire to know and to grow and to feel, the courage to question, to be brave and be real.