becoming oneself

We spend childhood wanting to please, filling boxes and expectations, leaving ourselves behind so that the family won’t leave us. Then comes adolescence, when we lose ourselves again trying to resemble others, hoping people will gather around us too. And when the age of reason finally arrives, finding oneself becomes the only quest that truly matters.

We are all born equal or almost with different stories and backgrounds. What truly sets us apart are our thoughts. They become ideas, compasses that transform us and show the way. We are rich with what we think, for thought always draws the first path toward what we will become.
29 We all come from a family, an inheritance, a memory, a burden. We carry within us these invisible, unbreakable bonds that shape our steps, our strengths, and our lacks. We come from a past we must either repair or give thanks to.