My Life as an Egg

Although I was physically born 23 years ago, I feel like my life didn't truly begin until the past several years. Using an egg as an analogy for my life: I see high school as my incubation period, where my mind was getting warmed up and a new level of consciousness began to arise, leaving me questioning the whole entire world and belief system I was raised in. I, as a metaphorical egg, began hatching in college, the first cracks appearing as I was broken by the trials of life. Over the next few years, I experienced many firsts in a very short period of time, I dropped out of school, experienced love and heartbreak, and did a little traveling just to unexpectedly end up back where I started. All of these happenings cracked open the egg more and more. And after so much growth, I am finally emerging out of my shell as ME, for the person I am, not making myself small anymore to avoid disappointing those with expectations of who they think I should be. I'm learning to meet myself with endless grace. I'm learning to embrace the deep power within myself that has been repressed for far too long. And wow, this is the most liberating thing I've ever experienced! I'm no longer back at the place where I started, rather I've been traveling again, have been living in Southern California for over a year now, and I am so alive! Meeting new people in new places, learning the world and others, and learning myself, too. So welcome to my thoughts, my stories, my truth. Here, you will get a real and raw glimpse of my own personal reality, and all I can hope is that it is received with an open mind, appreciation, curiosity and respect.