One fine day, it will be your turn. You will leave homes, cities and countries to pursue grander ambitions. You will leave friends, lovers and possibilities for the chance to roam the world and make deeper connections. You will defy your fear of change, hold your head high and do what you once thought was unthinkable: walk away.
And it will be scary. At first. But what I hope you’ll find in the end is that in leaving, you don’t just find love, adventure or freedom. More than anything, you find you.
— Paulo Coelho.
on my 26th birthday, i wrote I Took A Pill in Ibiza…10 years ago. The song became popular several years after i wrote it. Yesterday i celebrated my 36th birthday. i feel proud to look at the song lyrics and know that NONE of them are true anymore. I’ve grown into a completely new man…one that i’m proud of. check this out… 🧵
2024 is the year that past situations and people from 2023 will no longer have access to you. It is the year you thrive without fear, shame or judgement & it is the year where you can finally breathe again because you, yes you, decided to take back your power.
People don’t talk about how painful it is to come alive. To begin telling stories you were forced to hide. To start naming things that shut our hearts off. To let anger & grief breathe. They don’t talk about it because few do it. Peace to those willing who heal.
Insecurity is revealed by the need to over-explain. Not only is stressing over every minor detail a waste of mental energy but it makes you feel like you’re constantly inadequate. Confidence should feel like having nothing to prove to anyone while not being superior to anyone.
Sometimes people can't reciprocate because they can't give you what they can't give themselves. Those who are at war with themselves can't give you peace. Those who betray themselves can't give you loyalty. Those who lie to themselves can't give you honesty. See them as they are.
Maturity is healing and unlearning your own toxic patterns to turn your pain into power, your wounds into wisdom, the mistreatment of others into boundaries, and your generational curses into blessings.
Forcing connection is forcing alignment. Forcing alignment is forcing attachment. If you have to force it, it's not meant for you. What's meant for you will feel natural and connected, not forced and attached.
For this change to enter your life, you must die. But this is not a literal death, it’s a spiritual one. A metaphysical transformation to return you back to your center. Don’t be afraid of your new life.