be steady, baby.

...and when we get down to it, we realize that the only way to break off from these societal pressures placed on us is to step out. take that leap. do what you believe you should do - what you were made to do, not what others think is best.

branch. break. fork. sever yourself.

you get it.

i'm not saying this is easy.

the most frigid winter the soul will ever feel will blow in on the wings of fear. the fear of failure. the fear of rejection. chances need to be taken and hearts need to be broken to grow. to move. to learn. the trees ahead have to become larger and the ones behind have to become smaller.

it's important to realize that i'm not being a rebellious twenty-something. even the married ones, the trapped ones, the paralyzed ones. we all have to grow. whether that be learning how to knit a scarf or visiting a gravestone of a dead, once abusive father.

we have to do things we don't

want to do sometime or another.

this is how we grow.

we take chances.

we learn to love people

through strange circumstances.

go with it.