BYE BYE BOX
A LONG TIME AGO IN THE LAND OF MATES THERE WAS A YOUNG GIRL. SHE WAS BORN OF FIRE AND GRIT WITH HEAD STRONG IDEAS AND A WILL EVEN STRONGER. SHE DARED TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX SHE WAS GIVEN AND SOUGHT NEW LANDS WHERE SHE WOULD FIND HER PLACE AND ANSWERS TO HER QUESTIONS OF LIFE.
SHE'S TOUCHED ON ALMOST ALL THINGS TRYING TO FIND HER PLACE. SHES BEEN A BAKER, A FUNK SHAKER, CORPORATE TAKER OVER, A PUNK ROCK KID, FINANCE WIZ, GROUPIE GIRL, FITNESS FREAK, FIGHTER, LOVER, GOOD, BAD. SHES LIVED IT FAST AND LIVED IT SLOW. BUT THE BOX KEEPS CALLING, WANTING HER TO FIT INSIDE IT. SHES CHANGED HERSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO FIT IN THE BOX BUT IT STILL DIDN’T FIT.
THERE WAS A BIRD THAT CAME ALONG ONE DAY, BIG AND BRIGHTLY FEATHERED. HIS FREEDOM AND CANDOR CHALLENGED HER REALITY AND SHE SOUGHT TO GO DEEPER TO UNDERSTAND THE SENSATIONS GROWING. THE DEEPER SHE WENT THE MORE HER REALITY WAS CHALLENGED. CRACKS AND MORE CRACKS OPENED UP AND NEW SOUNDS CAME THROUGH WITH NEW VOICES GUIDING HER TO BREAK THE PATH SHE WAS ON.
SHE WROTE, SHE SANG, SHE WAS ANGRY, SHE CRIED. SHE RAN, SHE FACED IT AND IN THE END THE OLD GIRL DIED. OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE WILL DIE AND BE REBORN INTO A NEW VERSION OF OURSELVES.
SHE doesn’t FIT IN A ONE SIZE FITS ALL BOX BECAUSE SHE ISN'T A ONE SIZE FITS ALL HUMAN. SHES ONE OF A KIND, AS WE ALL ARE. SHE doesn’t NEED TO CHANGE TO BE HERSELF. SHE DOESN’T NEED A MASK TO BE LOVE OR ACCEPTED. SHE doesn’t NEED APPROVAL OF OTHERS TO VALIDATE HER EXISTENCE.
BEING REAL IS WHAT MATTERS. BEING TRUE WITH YOURSELF IS WHAT MATTERS. BEING HONEST IS WHAT MATTERS. DOING YOU IS WHAT MATTERS.













