Embrace You
Wouldn't it have been so much better if one day you woke up and found yourself in Amsterdam, Netherlands? Nobody knows you, your name, your identity, or your life as a whole. You get a chance to weave a new story all over again. You could meet a ton of new people; new experiences, and find that one kickstart you ever needed. Sounds compelling, doesn't it?
Nothing comes for free, though. There is one condition, accepting that only will let you continue this new chapter in your life. That condition is, that you have to let go of everything you have here. By everything, I mean, every win, every loss, every love, and every relationship. Would you still go ahead and start a new episode to life? Take a minute.
If you said no, it means you have something to hold on to. If you said yes, I have this piece of article for you. So, let's keep reading, shall we?
Imagine yourself walking on the streets of Amsterdam. It's a quiet Sunday morning, the only sound that comes by is of birds finding their ways and winds making the trees rustle. Everybody else is still asleep, and it's just you on the cemented pavements. It feels strangely cool, quiet, soft, and blue. You had never experienced such a feeling before. Then, a realization comes through you. You are alone. You reminisce the times when you had at least one friend here, but in Amsterdam, the only familiarity you have is the rustling of the leaves. Then you think to yourself, is being alone in a whole new environment, easy?
It definitely isn't. As thrilling as it sounds, it's much more strenuous than it looks. Abandonment is a native fear to us humans. There is not one of us who likes to be left out. Emotional cages like negative self-talk, blaming yourself for things that went nothing like you wanted them to, and hating yourself for not reaching the benchmarks someone outside your emotional boundaries have set have a greater influence on how we decide to grow in this way of life. You might have wanted to move to new surroundings as a new person, but could you really forget the person you are inside? There is an inner child in you, who wants to explore new places but at the same, fears being abandoned. Although some of us have never been left alone, all of us know what that feels like.
More often times we think to ourselves, there is so much more that I can achieve if I just get one chance to start all over again, but honestly, we give so less credit to the journey we are walking on right now. We have worked hard for where we are today, I'm sure we all have seen our thunderstorms just in different ways. Could you really achieve more than you have if you start life all over again? If yes, then why not change things in the life you have right now and see the impeccable transpose yourself? See yourself getting more and more proud for holding on. It is demanding, tiresome, and exhausting, but all worth the chronicle of your life.
You might look at yourself in the mirror and wonder what went wrong, but you fail to know how rare your imperfections make you. Your inner self has stories to tell, poems to sing, and sketches to draw, yet it takes the blame for not being how others think 'perfect' is. You exist for a reason, you have a purpose. Not today, not right at this instant, but your best moment is yet to come. And when it comes, you will feel rewarded, satisfied, and heart-warming for how far you have come.
Therefore, for further journeys, embrace you.
I want you to embrace yourself because that self is trying its very best to be by your side. Hug all your imperfections, because of them, you stand out.
For further wins, embrace you.
Your inner child has put in more effort than ever for you to achieve that win. It knows how happy a win makes you, so it deserves to be enclasped.
For a further walk of life, embrace you.
You never walk alone. That is what this inner self of yours tells you. You have never walked alone because your mind and your heart have always been there through every bad decision, wrong turn, and imperfection. Through all tragedies, it has always been by your side.
Tomorrow is not something you can change, so how about changing the today you have? Peek inside of you and see all the versions of yours that dwell within. Know their ways of work and embrace every one of them. That way, prioritize your peace. Once you start treating yourself like someone you love, you will start attracting your worth. This will soon lead you to make decisions that are a stepping stone to building and re-establishing yourself as someone you have always wanted to be.
It always takes just one step. It all begins in the mind, and once the mind is firm on it, your engines are revved. Just one step forward to a million changes for the better. Isolating yourself every time something disappoints you, just overpowers your potential; believe me, this is another emotional cage. We are all familiar with the phenomenon where the bird forgets to fly because it has been in its cage for too long. If one small step can change you, then why not embrace it?
By nature, we are taught to dislike negativity. Let your persona define who you are, let it glisten. Once it paves the way, you will be met with happenings worth enduring. For this process to begin, there is one starting point I have to offer you, which is to start being grateful for yourself and, embrace who you were, you are, and who you will be. Remember, if not anything, you have yourself and your memories to hold on to. They are as precious as that inner child that lives within you. Believe in yourself and work towards greater success. Everything will fall right back on track, it's a promise.
Now, let me ask you the question again. This time, let your inner self speak for you. This time, let it be your inner child's voice. Would you leave everything you have here to start a whole new life as a whole new person in Amsterdam, Netherlands, all by yourself?
