Snippets of the past II

It's time to let go (07/2011)

Sometimes you arrive to a crossroad and you realise the best way to go is straight ahead. There's no point taking a shortcut or follow a sidewalk, you need to keep walking. You can look back and think about the memories your journey has already brought you but you can't turn around and go back in time. Behind you is your past, something that helped to lay the foundation to become the person you are now. You must not regret any minute of it or think what would have happened if... There is no if. This is it, wake up!


Take a look around you; who's standing by your side? The true, beautiful people who always walked with you side by side and not ahead of you, the ones who struggled through with you on the rocky road up the hill and didn't grab you to make their journey easier by bringing you down. These people are rare, they will last until you take your last breath, they are there to make your pain less hurtful, to make your happiness more intense, to understand you without saying a word. 

And then you look back. What's there behind you so far away? A few more people, sitting by a milestone looking at a different direction. Your journeys have parted and it's time to realise and accept that - no matter how confusing, upsetting or disappointing it may feel. Forget the bad and remember the good. Always think of them with a smile in your heart but it's now time to let them go to find their own path... you might meet them again at another crossroad and if you don't then be proud that you shared a few steps with them.

Camouflaged souls

Wearing different masks can be exhausting. You get confused which one you need to put on or you get so used to some of them that you forget to take them off. People around you do not love you; they love your choice of cover-up. That’s what they see and that’s what they remember when thinking of you. It’s like when you get a wrapped up present and you’re not allowed to open it. You love the wrapping paper, the shininess of the ribbons, the shape of the gift. You don’t know what it’s hiding inside, yet you are so happy with what you see. Take in the falsified information and enjoy the illusion.

And there comes a time when you put on the wrong mask or forget to wear one. Confusion. Demolition. Realisation. They catch a glimpse of your true self and learn that all their beliefs have been a daydream, a
fantasy. You can’t erase the damage, the frustration. 

Why can’t you accept who you really are behind that entire masquerade? Just be yourself and show your true face. Be brave enough to show the world all you've got without the disguise.