04/23/12
KAUAI, HI
Sometimes it’s easy to forget who we are. We spend our lives
surrounded by friends and hobbies and neighborhoods where our identity is
determined for us. Everyone has their roles to play. It’s only when we venture
out of these comfort zones that we have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves.
To be what we want. To dream without limitation. I’ve had a lot of opportunities to be by myself in the last few years. And for a person who doesn’t like himself, there is no worse torture. You can’t lie to yourself. There is no
denying who you are and what you have made of yourself. So you can choose to
continue in the misery or to do something about it. And if you choose right,
eventually you begin to enjoy the silence. When you look inside, you like what
you see. The things you live for become even more enjoyable. You look at every
facet of your life with gratitude, even the setbacks. You see beauty, awe and
grandeur where before there was none. And in those moments when you are
surrounded by family and loved ones, you are reminded of that core, that
unchangeable part of your soul that was always there, even when you didn’t see
it.
