The Journey Begins {Excerpt from my soon to be published book)
The Journey Begins
Come with me on a journey and let us go back to when we were born. Everyone called us a perfect, cute, bouncing baby boy or girl. Even pictures proved them right, as they showed our dimples, smiles and loveliness. We had no preconceptions of life or anything, we simply were: Innocent, beautiful, bubbly, fearless, intelligent, talented, deserving, happy and adventurous. By age three, things began to change and by age 18 many if not all of those dreams and visions, would have been scaled down, changed, or even vanished all together; because the older we became, the more conscious we are of the world we live in and how it shapes you.
We all grow up and gain knowledge, wisdom and understanding, taking in the values, beliefs and culture around us. We encounter other human beings and our experiences- good and bad occur. We become conceptualised human beings in no time.
One encounter after the other in no time robs us of that innocence, confidence, bubbly, daring adventurous person we once were and the life of many come to a standstill, with many dreams eroded and joy wiped off the hearts of the once beautiful, confident you and I.
I believe that the state of our innocence, where we were simply being us: bubbly, daring, adventurous, happy and rightfully deserving to be here is who we really are. No matter the ups and downs life throws at us, we should resist, fight back with all our being, regardless of what tells us any different. We are very important people, deserving to be here living a fulfilling and joyous life.
TO BE CONTINUED
Come with me on a journey and let us go back to when we were born. Everyone called us a perfect, cute, bouncing baby boy or girl. Even pictures proved them right, as they showed our dimples, smiles and loveliness. We had no preconceptions of life or anything, we simply were: Innocent, beautiful, bubbly, fearless, intelligent, talented, deserving, happy and adventurous. By age three, things began to change and by age 18 many if not all of those dreams and visions, would have been scaled down, changed, or even vanished all together; because the older we became, the more conscious we are of the world we live in and how it shapes you.
We all grow up and gain knowledge, wisdom and understanding, taking in the values, beliefs and culture around us. We encounter other human beings and our experiences- good and bad occur. We become conceptualised human beings in no time.
One encounter after the other in no time robs us of that innocence, confidence, bubbly, daring adventurous person we once were and the life of many come to a standstill, with many dreams eroded and joy wiped off the hearts of the once beautiful, confident you and I.
I believe that the state of our innocence, where we were simply being us: bubbly, daring, adventurous, happy and rightfully deserving to be here is who we really are. No matter the ups and downs life throws at us, we should resist, fight back with all our being, regardless of what tells us any different. We are very important people, deserving to be here living a fulfilling and joyous life.
TO BE CONTINUED
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