If I could do anything
What would I do if no one, including myself, stopped me? If I didn’t need to worry about money, or familial obligations, or social pressure - if I had complete certainty that things would work out all okay in the end? If I could do anything, anything at all, if I could live any way, and be who I wanted to be, what would I be? What would I do?
I would travel the world to write about kindness - go to places that make my heart lighter and soul sing, settle in homes that keep my mind and heart at peace. I would create beautiful things that touch people’s lives, things so indescribable they would make people cry because they’ve found what they were looking for. I would be closer to nature, understand the inexplicable bond that humans and the natural environment have had since the beginning of time. I would climb hilltops and mountains and breathe, in the silence of a perfect sunset and a glorious sunrise. I would weave stories of hope, stories that keep people hoping, keep people together, make the world a kinder, better, softer, place.
I would surround myself with people who reflect the best parts of me: people who inspire, who create, who innovate and hope and dream and laugh like sunshine. I would have loving relationships with family, with friends. I would feel like I belonged, to various communities who support and strengthen and challenge me to always be my best person. I would grow, and grow, and keep growing in my knowledge and my impact on the world, and love deeply, truly, wonderfully. I would be around people I want to be like, people who are truly gold and honest and kind, people with strong values and similar lifestyles and a purpose, a dream, of living.
I would have a job which I wake up to every day looking forward to, a job that challenges and excites and makes me determined to do more than just my best. A job that pays me more than enough, and definitely enough so I am financially stable long-term. I would have co-workers who are a family in themselves, colleagues who I can trust wholeheartedly to have my back and to see me grow as a professional, people who recognize that when we lift each other up and listen and support each other we are so much stronger. I would have a vision, a dream, an ideal, that aligns with my own in life.
I would be a soft person - a kind, wholeheartedly giving, honest, genuinely loving person. I would be attractive in the way that goes far beyond the physical, though the physical is also important to me. Physically I would be lean, fit, and strong - agile, and quick. I would have the kind of body that looks good in whatever I choose to wear, and also dress in the type of clothes that fit well and look great. I would eat consciously, and with great enjoyment, and thoroughly appreciate food without worrying about weight, or nutrition - but I would eat foods that only nourish and feed me, and keep me healthy and fit and happy. I would be someone that my brothers and my cousins, my friends and family, admire and respect, and strive towards. I would be a leader in my own right, be the kind of person who is not afraid to voice a different opinion, to advocate and to fight for the rights of others. I would be at peace with myself and the world, knowing that each day I am living to the fullest, and being my best self. I would be slow to anger, and quick to laugh: be someone, everyone’s sunshine, a light that guides but also warms. I would feel settled, be settled, in a place, knowing that home is always with me, knowing that I have a home that I truly identify with. I would be incredibly happy, so happy, with the choices I make and live with no regrets, take every opportunity I get, and be truly alive.
