We are all walking contradictions, caught between the pull of what we’ve known and the call of what we’ve yet to become. Each moment is a fracture in time, a space where the past whispers and the future beckons. In this delicate balance, we find both the weight of what holds us down and the lightness of what could lift us. The tension between these forces is where we learn, where we grow, and where the deepest truths of our existence are revealed.
Tag: life
The journey of learning is rarely linear. It twists and turns, filled with leaps of inspiration, stretches of doubt, and moments of clarity that seem to emerge from nowhere. It’s not about mastering every step but about showing up — raw, curious, and willing to fail — trusting that the process will shape us into who we are meant to become.
At some point, we all realize that the weight we carry isn’t entirely our own, and the patterns we follow aren’t always of our design. As children, we lived in the freedom to explore, to wonder, to leap without looking. But somewhere along the way, the world taught us to conform. Now, as the tide shifts and the foundations we’ve built on begin to crack, we are called to reconnect with that childlike curiosity — that raw, unfiltered sense of adventure.
It was a stormy, windy night when the island’s power went out yet again. I found myself wondering about the trees — and who the hell was flying that prop plane slowly cruising overhead — while the big, bright ferry sat parked at the terminal across the narrows.
Audio Version (music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi) The road before And behind Is weathered with seasons Storms and Flash floods Sprinkled with silence A pregnant mist…