Wild Card: A Reflection on Owning Your Truth

To be honest, I am not even sure how to start this. Being transparent with others has been one of the biggest shifts in my life currently. I know I keep talking about the power of word vomit, but this is something that means a lot to me. So I want it to be clever and enticing as I spill my guts on the page. But after deleting the first sentence four times in that same attempt, I am taking my own advice and just word vomiting it out. Have I already gone back and corrected a few things? Of course. Because I am a bit of a perfectionist and I own up to that. Which brings me to what I actually want to talk about today: Owning Your Truth.

If you would've told me about 5 years ago that at 25 I would be sitting here and living the life I am right now, I would’ve probably either laughed or cried on the spot. Getting lost in New York City teaches you A LOT about yourself and escaping it teaches you that much more. Now, this is not a long-winded speech about the power of overcoming adversity. We all face adversity every single day so that is nothing to raise your almighty flag of congratulations towards. I bring up my "lost days" because we all find ourselves lost at some point. We are left at a crossroads where both paths require some kind of sacrifice. Example? When I made the choice to live my awesome life in Cali, I had to give up on a company that I had dedicated the last three years of my life building and branding. In the long run, it was the best decision I ever made for myself because it was the first time I stopped trying to "figure it all out" and just listened to my gut.

If we tuned into our deepest desires and achieved the burning passions of our souls, our lives might look a lot brighter. I'm not saying drop your life and move to Fiji, but maybe if you want to do something that you've been putting it off, just do it already. If you have something you want to say to someone, just blurt it out. Life is too short to be hiding behind fake smiles and self-inflicted false narratives. Owning who you are from the bottom up is a lifelong journey. One full of peaks and valleys but still, a journey worth going through. Transparency is something that was not always present in my life because I wasn't really taught to be open and honest about who I was. None of us are. There's always something we need to hide or is not considered appropriate. Well, screw that noise. Unless you are harming yourself or others, I say freaking go for it.

Pride month is around the corner and I think it is the perfect time to really think about who we all are as people. To be able to be proud of who we are as individuals as well as celebrate our diversity as said people. To be able to love each other and accept each other. Most people would probably just call this a rambling post with biased opinions. But isn't that life? It's our job to sift through biased opinions and formulate our own, not only about others but ourselves. Maybe if we turned our opinions inward, we wouldn't need to have a month for each race, color, and creed, but would be able to celebrate all year round everyone's cultures as they come and go throughout the year. Give everyone's history an equal shine in the textbooks and embrace the diversity that surrounds us instead of clown on it.

Wake up and own your truth. Today. Tomorrow. Forever. It's worth it.

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This word vomit supreme was written in the spirit of play and in the intention of reaching a deeper meaning behind a project I am cooking up for you guys. I hope you got a little bit out of it and are inspired to dig deep into yourself and practice some transparency. Until next week my little word vomitiers! Join the FreeWriters Club!