CREATING OWN SPACE IN OUR SHARED UNIVERSE

By: Gil delos Santos

A long journey took me to this point now where matters that matter are only the ones that I want — choose to do what I only want to do in the beat of my heart and do not do what I don't want to do without reservations.

Disengaging my strings from my old world does not mean I lose the heart for what I used to do. It's just that we outgrow a lot of things when we start to value to achieve own peace and space in our own pace.

We outgrew (1) backpacking as we deserve a bit of luxury already after getting through decades of hardwork to make dreams come true.

We outgrew (2) giving a shit to pity gossips about us.

We outgrew (3) validation seeking through social media — bragging rights.

We outgrew (4) liking public display of love stories in social media as manifestation of battling insecurities.

We outgrew (5) screams for public attention and recognition.

We outgrew (6) working on the hand level as critiquing and overseeing become our level of capability.

We outgrew (7) minds on a level of complaining than giving a solution.

We outgrew (8) gossiping and giving biases when the subject is not around to defend themselves.

We outgrew (9) public figure fanaticism and kiss-assing.

To those who see this as a different frequency from theirs, it is indeed that people grow apart.

I guard my new space but can welcome joiners in time when they arrive at the same mind. For now, let's continue to explore life without being too personal about changes.

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