The hardest paths we have to take in life are the journeys we take on our own.

Those are the steps done in the quiet hours, walking alone and trying to figure out who we are and what we are meant to become..

And I’ll be the first to tell you it’s been the hardest journey of my life.

I knew there would be some who didn’t understand what I was doing or why, but that was a risk I had to take.

I had spent too much of my life defining myself by my friends, my job, where I lived or even what I had accomplished.

None of that even captured a fraction of who I truly am.

No, I had to step out on my own to begin to unravel the layers of me.

The ugly, the beautiful, the good and the bad.

All the wonderful parts of me and even the gross parts that I didn’t like so much..

They are all part of me and I’ve realized that I have to embrace each and every aspect of me.

It’s not easy when you look back and see all the mistakes, the bad choices and failures..

But that’s okay.

I’ll never let that stuff make me fit into a box or be an encapsulation of me.

I had to pull myself together, stand alone in my truth and try to understand that I am a mixture of great things, good things and things I want to improve.

I own all of it.

Life is a journey, not a race, so I have time to figure it all out in my own time.

But what isn’t promised is the time and chance to enjoy the moments, make the memories and love our people..

So now that I’m on my way to figuring out who I am and what I’m meant to become,

Excuse me a time or two when I step away to lose myself in the beautiful moments that fill my life.

After all, what good is it to know who I am if I miss out on the chances to immerse myself in the beauty of my life.

Those little snapshots of time may seem small now,

But they will turn out to be the big things in the end.

And I don’t plan on missing any of them.

Let’s make this life worth living.

|ravenwolf.