THE COURAGE TO BECOME
When adulthood finally dawned on me, I did not know how to respond. At least not at first. You see with growing up there are expectations; you need to get your life together, find out which career path you should take if you haven't yet, understand yourself, find love, and build a home. But then, there is this war within. The war between what they expect from me and who I feel I really am. So I'm sitting here listening to this song Courage by P!nk on playback: I'm walking uphill, both ways it hurts I bury my heart here in this dirt I hope it's a seed, I hope it works I need to grow, here I could be Closer to light, closer to me Don't have to do this perfectly, yeah Rain, it pours, rain, it pours It's pouring on me The rain it falls, rain it falls Sowing the seeds of love and hope, love and hope We don't have to stay, stuck in the way In the chorus, the singer asks if she really has the courage to change, and I find myself asking myself the ques