The Real Me
People... People really are beautiful, y'know.
This might be a bit preachy, but fuck it. Unfollowing and blocking exists for a reason. Right now it's me-time.
Humans are perpetually beautiful things. Always changing, evolving... sometimes for the better, other times... not so much.
And yet each individual has a completely unique experience to another, simply due to a different combination of the same handful of things: memories, experiences, thoughts, feelings, physical/mental/emotional states, likes and dislikes, the list goes on!
So many of these things we unfortunately limit, not only for ourselves, but for those around us. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes out of habit, sometimes because it's "what's expected of us".
That's a sad reality of the human experience... But that doesn't mean there aren't happy or positive facts or realities about it.
An example I like to use is something like:
You can be having the worst day of your life, hating every aspect of it or everyone/everything in it. No hope for the future, whatever.
Then, out of nowhere, because you just so happened to keep looking for safe relief for a liiiittle bit longer, you find something.
It could be anything from a silly meme, to a line or two from some form of media, or even just the silent noises of the world around you.
It might not be amazing, it might not be the funniest, brightest, happiest, or most positive thing you could've found. But, in that moment? It's yours.
That moment you find it, it's gorgeous! Possibly flawed, broken, dirty, or abandoned in some way. But in that moment, it's yours, and it's beautiful! And it's just enough to keep you above water a little longer.
THAT'S what makes life beautiful! THAT'S what makes each moment of your life important!
No, not that exact experience, though it is quite common. But the fact that, at any moment, any kind of life altering experience like that can happen to you!
Yes, sometimes they're awful, painful, and/or sad. Yet sometimes, they can be bright, beautiful, and/or happy!
The longer we stay, the more we connect, the less we shut ourselves and each other out, the likelier it becomes that each of us can experience something amazing like what I described, or that we can have someone there or be there for someone who's experiencing something genuinely awful!
I personally never thought I'd live past 20, and each day I do, it feels like borrowed time. That I owe someone success for not making the most of each day, but that's far from the case. Couldn't be farther.
I experience emotions, intensely and frequently. I'm not ashamed of it. However you experience the world, you shouldn't be ashamed of it either.
Just live for you and those you care about, while keeping in mind empathy and patience for those not included. Or, simply put, love what you love and do what you do, just don't be a dick and allow yourself to be curious!
In the end, if we move forward with that, I think we'll all be alright.
My name is Mikayla Shion. I am 28 years old, and this is what I've believed my whole life. I can only hope I can find the strength to keep believing it, until the day I die, with everything I have.
Anyway, love y'all, and I wish y'all nothing but the best!~✨💕🩷💜🖤🌺🤘🏻🤘🏻
