Humankind is a fragile and vulnerable thing, split between consuming urges and coaxing callings. Dawn’s cool understanding cradles shells that wander and yearn, while brittle without companionship and fear being so sternly exposed to the elements of life. Isolation can become an easy comfort, but when should it be sought and when should it be shirked? When does a person know when it's time to break free from the ties of indulgence and find the serenity in solitude? Maturity – true and lasting maturity – is learning how to detach from people and situations that fuel misery, no matter how scarce the light of joy feels in such an crushing nation.
Temptation, clinging on tight with reckless abandon and aggressive motion, is the product of an unquenched need; it is the result of an inner emptiness that cannot be filled with material possessions or emotive affections. And yet, with self-reflection, humility and unbiased determination, a breach of the fetters of toxic binders can warmly embrace us in a surge of soft silken solace.
Making a stand, requiring courage, fortitude and resolve, is often easier said than enacted. How can one comprehend the scope and nature of the situation, analyse and articulate their findings, draw conclusions and implement solutions that may outlast the lifetime they have formed? A cataclysmic fallout will always ensue following a setting of boundaries and a fierce marking of one’s personal sovereignties.
Time fractures, shimmering and shifting around those brave enough to veer off course from the languid darkness of pleasure’s seduction and take shelter in the gentle shade of happy independence. Learning about yourself and your instincts, for better and for worse, throughout countless days, hours and moments of peace and storms, is a journey that begins with one single, profound choice.
It can be hard to look away from the flames of attraction and blank temptations, shining and seductive in the night. The argument for reconciliation and rebuilding – for healing and forgiveness – may well inscribe itself in our psyches in pretty stories to tell, but is it really worth it? Even the best of defences don't eradicate scars completely, and some damage cannot fully be reversed.
In the search for identity, we are all between the devil and the deep blue sea - ever risking attachment to the abyssal depths of obsession and cravings, with sanity being the still-calm junction between true aloneness and loneliness. Know that there is career in clearing the pathway to constancy by correctly accepting the right companions – ones who will move with you in balance along the rock-laden roadway – as well as ridding your soul of those who would try to trip you up and lead you back down into the warm waters of turmoil and trauma. Forging fiery bonds, with those willing to stay within the realm of the real and the sublime, just might be the key; the treasured flask of remedy to heal hysteria and disharmony.
Maturity, at its core, is learning to be alone without feeling lonely and never going back to toxic people no matter how lonely you feel. It is placing your trust in the hands of fate, and taking destiny into your grasp. Stay firm and unflinching in the face of opposition, but open to the possibilities this life has granted unto you along the journey. Journey with your newfound inner strength, making choices for the betterment of your being, knowing that whomsoever endeavors to make sense of the world in their corner; it is their primary responsibility.
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