Thanks To Those Who Didn’t Want To Be Associated With Me

Deep gratitude I have
        to those who rejected me:
those who wouldn’t want me
        in their group
those who didn’t want me
        in their company
those who labelled me weird,
        freak, and a dupe

If not for them,
        I would’ve settled indefinitely
Wouldn’t have been lost,
        hurt, and known agony
Would’ve remained in shackles,
        wouldn’t have been set free
I never would’ve wandered,
        I never would’ve found me.

Focus on Your Flow, Not Your Flaw

"Rather than devoting all your energies

in magnifying your flaws,

commit that enthusiasm instead

to finding your flow."

- (The) Name's Not At All Relevant

You, A Creation of A Higher Vibration

You

yes you,

a being

vibrating

at a

higher

frequency:

never bow

your head

nor be

ashamed

of what

you

posses.

I know

the pain

it caused

you,

how

it alienated

you from

the

very

crowd

with

vibrations

that

you

wanted

to be

a

part of.

But

instead

of

suffering

with

what

you perceive

as a

disability

and

limitation,

embrace it

and

wave it

like a flag.

Because

it signifies

your

sovereignty

and

your

freedom.

It isn’t

a status

that says

you

are

better

or

inferior

to everyone

else.

It is

far

more

remarkable

than that:

it

signifies

YOU!

Performing for Our Ultimate Audience

 

We are our very own grand audience.

This is what the universe wanted to tell us early on. But too often, this only becomes clear the moment we are ready to listen.

At first, we have to get preoccupied with our “practice” audiences, the ones we thought were the ultimate ones. Even if we vehemently deny it, we spend 95% of our energies trying to please them all: those who are genuinely interested to see our best selves, the ones who don’t give a damn, and those who grin the moment they see our imminent demise.

The reaction of our audience can get us hurt at times. And oftentimes, we label ourselves a success every time they give us the impression of them listening. This is how we accord the opinion of our audience with tremendous power by making it a gauge of our success. Recklessly, we build the very foundation of ourselves using our audiences’ reactions. That is how harebrained we can get.

But that’s normal.

That’s a part of being human.

Despite of a lot of folks telling us to always observe and learn from the mistakes of others in order to not repeat them and get hurt, reality is, life is not a lesson in algebra that can be solved with a definite solution. Rather, it is an experiential one. You have to go through the painful process. To inevitably fall but to get back up better than the previous. No buts, no ifs, no shortcuts.

That’s what it takes when performing in front of an audience.

The important thing to realize is, these are but necessary preparations, a dry run, aimed at gathering our nerves, our guts, and the balls required before facing our ultimate audience: which is none other than ourselves.

母語 (Mother Tongue)

For this 

unequivocal truth 

my faith 

doth rest: 

my once unintelligible 

soul's commune 

with the universe, 

in a different language 

in my true native tongue 

will be 

bared 

unraveled 

made known to me 

and then, 

I 

shall 

be 

set 

free...

- (The) Name’s Not At All Relevant

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If Anything's Worth Showing Off, It's Your Scars

Never be ashamed to flaunt your scars. Because someday, a lost soul with similar wounds will be in desperate need to know how the hell did you make it out alive.

- (The) Name’s Not At All Relevant