What a convenient title to describe my 2016. I've been in the mid young adult-hood identity crisis where I am caught in a web of possibilities for my life with no reassurance of where I'm headed. I don't believe in the philosophy behind generations and shared experiences, but I am almost positive I am not the only one who feels this at some point during young adulthood and even into middle age.
I often wonder if in my younger stages, I was best off sitting back and learning from the mistakes of others.
But when I wake up and read my morning prayers, the skimm, and whatever has made the NPR headline, I have to remember that my feelings are limited to the first world. No matter what chaos we attribute to the world, no matter where we are, it could always be worse. It's important not only to be thankful for where you are in your present. But to be thankful for your past, and the grand abyss that lies ahead. We as people, are not our struggles. We are our truths, and our ability to open up to the world, even in pain so sharp it hurts to move. Our reality, whatever circumstances we're in is all we really have going for us. So as my friend Amy says, Own that, you have nothing to fear. Own your struggle, work your battle scars, walk confidently- into the unknown.