I am Me

"Giving style” to one’s character 

- a great and rare art! 

It is exercised by those who see 

all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures 

and then comprehend them in an artistic plan 

until everything appears as art and reason

and even weakness delights the eye."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Guess what I figured out?

I'm pretty damned happy that I'm different

The weird one in the group

The one that doesn't fit in

And I found out

that when you turn to confront obstacles

they become stepping stones

That it's how you perceive things that makes the difference

That my weaknesses are as much a part of me

As my strengths

And that they provide the most important lessons

Remember playing video games

And you finally pass a level

Only to uncover some really cool things

On the next?

That's what I discovered today

When the Universe set two things in my path

That cannot be discounted as coincidences

Cool

I think I've been forgiven

Cuz I forgave myself

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"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.

You trade in your reality for a role.

You trade in your sense for an act. 

You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. 

There can't be any large-scale revolution 

until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. 

It's got to happen inside first." 

Jim Morrison