THANK YOU, MISTAKES

To my youth, my childhood, my firsts, my innocence, my excitement, my illusions, my misjudgments—

A whole-hearted embrace of love and gratitude to all of you.

Because of you, I became who I am today.

I am grateful I was wrong.

I am grateful I stumbled.

I am grateful I fell.

Because through those falls, I learned how to get back up.

Through those doubts, I learned how to trust myself.

Through those missteps, I learned not to generalize, but to see each moment, each lesson, as unique.

So today, let my gratitude for my mistakes be my gift—to myself, from myself.

And if you’ve been away for too long, if you haven’t visited that version of you in years, turn around.

Walk back to your memories.

Back to your mistakes.

Back to your firsts.

They will remind you.

They will transform you.

After all, aren’t all journeys just a way back to ourselves?

So tell me—what lesson from your past still waits to be thanked?