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Life is about change…right?

 About stepping outside your comfort zone…right?

About conquering things you fear…right?

 Well, what if that change is not in your own hands? What if someone else is controlling your future by the decisions they make - not the ones you make? 

 How can you not fear that? How can that be a positive thing? 

 Everyone wants to be in control - at least of their own fate. At least I do. It’s the random actions of others that mess everything up - even when it’s by people I care for and respect.

 The sappy platitude is that the only thing we can control is how we react to things, to people, to events.

 But man, that’s effin’ hard sometimes, to keep that in mind and stay positive.

 But I get it. 

 And it’s true. If we could all dial up our future path, I’m sure we’d have nothing to ever complain about. Riches, crazy love, indulging every craving. Who wouldn’t want that?

 I’m an artist. Through and through. We’ve always been classified as a group that suffers for their art. But maybe it’s not the art that makes us suffer - maybe it’s the way the world reacts to it. To us.

 Now there’s a conundrum.

 So, how to challenge this? My thought is to instinctively say screw this, I’m gonna be who I am, I’m gonna do what I do, and I’m gonna be the person, artist, friend that I wanna be. On my own terms.

 Maybe I won’t be wildly accepted, successful, liked, or embraced, but I’ll be authentically me. 

 I’m ok with that.