06/09/2022
Darkness is one hell of a coach
It will mold you & shape you into whatever you feed it.
It will take away everything that once lit your path and force you to forge ahead with no clear sight, only grit.
It doesn’t pick favorites. It doesn’t judge. It doesn’t flatter.
We all have periods of darkness, it’s what we choose to do with those times that define who we become.
I remember being so afraid of the darkness as a kid, yet constantly surrounded by it, allowing video games, sports and my computer to be my closest friends. Playing online games with strangers but becoming closer with them than I ever did with anyone in the real world. I’m sure some of you can relate. It’s what we still do here on Instagram.
I became an adult and what did I create with my life?
A safe place for my inner child, in front of a screen, away from coworkers, yet somehow playing a sport. One that only required me to give more effort, something I was definitely taught was required for love. More effort.
Only darkness blinded the ghost of my past and allowed me to realize my entire life was not by accident but rather a construct of my own imagination, finding somewhere I could be comfortable, just like those long nights spent alone as a kid. In front of my TV or Computer Screen.
I love the life I get to lead but realizing that it was a product of my own childhood comforts has startled me into an awakening of all sorts of different ways I can find joy in this life.
I encourage everyone to spend some time in the darkness, turn it all off and allow yourself to see clearly for the first time. No distractions.
It will define you, if you let it. After all, you really ARE in complete control of your destiny if you think about it.