Evolve or remain.

"You remind me of a train," a friend of mine said to me the other day, towards the end of one of those conversations I've only ever been able to have with her. You know, one of the ones that ended with me finally letting go of all of the frustration I'd been holding back- in the form of bitter, sad, angry, hopeless tears. Up until the moment I broke, we had been catching each other up on every aspect of our lives. College, jobs, worries, love interests, self-love techniques, new empowering music to listen to, where to buy the best Chai drinks and how to master grocery shopping in 15 minutes with nothing more than a $20 bill. "How in the hell do I remind you of a train?" I asked her, prompting her to smile at me and say a few of the most comforting words I've ever heard. "You know what you want and you stay on track until you get there," she told me. "You don't let anyone or anything stand in your way- the same way trains stop for...

The universe will never stop for me and that's okay. It won't even slow down. That's okay too. Who am I to expect or demand that it should? As a single brush stroke on a masterpiece of a world, I myself am not a make or break. I am a result of one hand motion of the artist who decided, for one reason or another- that the picture wasn't complete without my presence. None of that means or has ever meant, though, that the picture (or the world) could not exist without me. It could exist , but not the way that it does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My favorite compliment to get and the fastest way to melt my heart? "The world needs more people like you."  I say this because it is important to me that I take this minute to make note of the greatest lesson that I have ever or probably ever will learn. That I have power.  And the beautiful thing about my power is this: it is delicately balanced between...