As 2016 drew to an end, I was overwhelmed with the lessons this year has taught me. Raw, in-my-face kinda lessons. Beautiful and enlightening experiences that didn't start out that way, but blossomed me into this place and person I am now. In 2014, my life got pretty shook up, by just, stuff. I don't want to go into detail, but lets just say, it was a shitty year for me. And to be honest, before then, I was alive and my heart was beating, and I was going thru the motions-- but I didn't know who I was--I didn't have much of an identity. I was easily swayed and persuaded. I went along with things the way they were, and I wasn't happy, but I didn't know what to do to fix it, nor did I know how to cope with the feelings that the lack of control I had in my life brought. Things happened though, things that had been building and leading me up to that very point for ...
A contradictory slew of rambling...