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why is this such news to me now? because i’m not just seeing the words. i’m seeing the thing of it- perceiving other people as literally having their own journeys. Anne-Lorraine’s journey is literally different from mine somehow i must have never quite seen this
she is not just a character in my story. she has her own separate thing that will take her away if so, it means i must have my own story. that will take me away from people i don’t have to stay in one place and impress the old people in my life
i get to just be another character in the story of the whole thing i get to be just another fucking character not the lead in a show it smtms feels like no one is watching and i didn’t sign up for in the first place, but one i was playing in as a kid and kept me safe & valued
maybe a lot of are playing ghost roles from ghost plays from childhood that no one is really watching anymore https://t.co/KgElfcHaTU
*i am not the lead character in a story i am no longer playing* *i am a lead character in my life* *i am a supporting one in other’s* *every supporting character is a lead character in their life* i can leave old stories behind i am but one agent in a world of many agents https://t.co/2M2clELSD8
you can leave. you can do anything. the play doesn’t like hinge on you finished your original assigned goal . . . the way it felt when i was this kid and assigned this great role and all the adults watched me and so i didn’t really have space to leave i would be noticed
*phew, breathe* congrats, yatharth, you figured it out! https://t.co/oSjUvK3OPa
what did it cost? [the ability to maintain the belief i am somehow special in the way i was told i was and instead the chance to discover how i truly am special in a ways that are flexible and responsive] https://t.co/QsWECKcnUj
@AskYatharth i have this but more broadly https://t.co/Y772FmNYvD