I’m standing here and I know I look the same.
My hair, my makeup, my clothes, they are all the same.
The words out of my mouth probably sound the same.
The big feelings I have absolutely feel the same.
So I’m standing here, looking the same, feeling the same, being the same… but I’m not really.
Can the change be seen in my eyes?
Can it be heard in the pause before speaking?
Does my uncertainty shine through?
Does my paralyzing fear reveal itself in awkward sentences?
Are echoes of my feet walking on eggshells heard across time?
Will this dissipate too?
Will the abundance of caution fade the way that tears do?
Will wariness make way for comfort?
Will time settle this for me?
How is it possible to be the same but also totally different?!
I’ve learned some things.
Hopefully I’m a better person.
I want to be the kind of person that brings the sunshine, that radiates hope, that expects the best things out of life.
I want to be solid and sure.
I want to better this time around.
But for now, I’m standing here – the very same girl, but different, changed… disparate.
Happy Tuesday!
~shygirl
serenity through submission 
Hugs to you Shy 🌼💜🌼
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dearest one… it is those fundamentally different and often incongruous elements are what’s makes you such a treasure …. x
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I agree! I hope to always be incongruous in MANY ways. I do think we always are the same but different. Our future selves have today’s knowledge….and sooner or later, hopefully, we can live more and more IN THE MOMENT, and less and less in our heads. That’s what I hope for, because I truly believe that’s where the true joy lies.
Anyway, I think you are on an amazing journey!💜
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You are a smart cookie, Kay! To live less in my head is sort of my holy grail, I think!
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So are you! Me too. It’ll happen!
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Being made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements is what makes you unique. I think to be incongruous in many, many ways is a good thing.
Very lovely post, thank you.
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Maybe it is good! I sometimes think all of my incongruity is just… confusing, something to try and eliminate, but maybe it’s not a bad thing to be so very the same, yet totally changed.
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