thirty.three.

I’ll keep this brief, because I don’t think I need to be verbose today.

I’ll say this – on turning 33.

If I must reflect upon the year gone by, more has changed than I ever expected. I have been given more than I could’ve wished for and I have found myself in spaces that I have been a complete surprise.

I have been humbled by hard work, and buoyed by the results.

I have been quietened by the simplicity inherent in love, and spurned into shouting by exuberance.

I used to think that exuberance was an immature notion, but it’s not. It just depends on how you place it. Don’t be placing it somewhere inconsequential.

I understand which rules I want to live by. And I will stand up for them, any time.

As for my family. It’s not the form I’d have expected at 23. It’s beyond anything I could’ve dreamed possible. 23 year old me could barely understand this life, but I know she would be hugging herself a little tighter, knowing it lay ahead.

Thank you, life.

SOTD – Thirty Three – Smashing Pumpkins. 

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