Getting Honest on a Wednesday

I write this while trying to get myself back into the spirit of things. I often forget that I am only human, and that what I think is physically possible really isn't.

Although I want to constantly find growth within myself and those around me, I know that there are times where I do not set myself up to truly flourish.

Discipling myself intrinsically and trying to remember where my current actions can take me is something I've been working on and trying to understand.

It feels easier to live at surface level and do the things that make us feel good in that moment. Like skipping that class or just eating whatever. But it's important to realize you'll see the true happiness in your life when you do what allows you to gain further and better enjoyment. Like taking that time to go to class to make sure you can get all the attendance points as possible or following that diet and not eating Taco Bell again because you know in the end, you'll see the results.

Things are not always as cookie cutter and cute as it seems thus I know that my struggles are a lot more common than I'd like to think.

That instagram picture is cute, but how many times did you have to take it to get that perfect angle for people to comment on? Yes those selfies on your story are bomb but did you only post them because you saw your ex posting a picture talking about the new person they're talking to?

Again, our struggles are common and we tend to hide them.

This makes us all a bit more humbled and humane when we get to realize that. Nothing truly ever appears to what it seems and thats okay.

That's where we gain the value of knowing people and ourselves past surface level.

Digging deeper into our own roots, knowing what makes us flourish and what makes us fall.

It allows the picture image to be a bit more clearer and realize that it's not perfection, its life.

But, life is never perfect, but instead, it's beautiful.

Thank you for reading and witnessing me rant/vent in a creative space while trying to reflect on my own self.

- Love,

AsToldByPhi

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