Gratitude- A Hard Word to Pronounc
Gratitude must be practiced daily for it to be affective. For some, it's thanking their higher power at every turn, for others, it's practicing humility. I have tried in my life to be grateful for the blessings I have, but I know that I fall short, as we all do, and that's okay.
Authentic Self-Expression
As I get older, I’m really just attempting to get to a more honest version of myself, authentic self-expression. To express yourself honestly, now that’s really hard to do (without lying to yourself). In order to function as a drug addict, I had to be dishonest with myself and others. Lies are inherent to all addicts. I had to lie to myself in order to get through the day.
Sometimes Change is Everything
When we say things like ‘people don’t change’, it drives scientists crazy, because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy, matter – it’s always changing, morphing, merging, growing, dying. It’s the way people try not to change that’s unnatural; the way we cling to the way things were instead of letting them be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing, despite any scientific indication, that anything in this lifetime is permanent. Change is constant.