13/12/2025
One of my mentors once told me there are only two people in this world worth impressing
Your eight year old self
And your eighty year old self
When I look back at the kid I was, that inner child just wanted to be proud
Wanted me to live fully
To squeeze everything out of this life
To honour the blessings I am given
Then there was the other version of me
The disconnected one
Lost
Numbing
Searching for something I could not name
Desperate for connection, health, meaning and purpose
I carry both of them with me
Every decision
Every time it gets tough
Every moment I want to “stop”
Every time I choose to go beyond comfort
It is for that child who lived presently and to the fullest
And that teenager who needed direction and connection
And one day, when I am eighty
I want to look back and know
I did not waste this life
I became someone my younger self needed
And someone my older self would be proud of
