day by day
breath by breath
I change
with daily accretions
shedding burdens
each experience
is shedding skin
to grow a new one
more resistant
more tolerant
looking back
I don’t recognise
the person that was me
nor what I have become
life happened somewhere in between
Every step we take in this life shapes us, good or bad. We become. Thanks, Reena. 🙂
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Thanks, Susi 😊
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The shredding and changing of skin… great metaphor
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Thanks, Bjorn!
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I really like this. I too am on this long journey of shedding burdens and moving a new future. Like you I can barely recall the person I used to be yet there is still so far to travel.
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We may have a plan for what we want to be, but things do change along the way.
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They sure can!
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I like the thought of “shedding burdens”.
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We need to do that. Thank you, Frank!
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loved your expose of the journey of the individual…nicely done.
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Thanks, Dorianna!
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You’ve captured it. Each new experience changes us, even if minutely.
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Thank you so much!
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How true. We change – in every sense of the word – thorough our encounters with the world.
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We lose innocence to gain maturity.
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life experience and a spiritual walk helps to shed all that unnecessary baggage. i so appreciate your insight into becoming a better person than what we were before
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I just hope I’m better 🙂
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all we can do is keep on trying and keep evaluating ourselves, the journey is as important as the arriving
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Thanks for sharing. Life’s experiences are what moulds us.
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Every moment. Thanks!
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