My journey is not the same as yours.

My journey is my journey, it's not yours and yours isn't mine.  I've been reflecting on this lately. I've come to realize that the journey I'm on isn't about anyone else than me.  Like this quote says if we're on the same path let us encourage each other.  

Being that I'm a competitive person I've lived most of my life feeling the need to compete with others.  To be the best at everything and at a high cost that I had to pay at times.  I've struggled with this competitiveness but the difference now is I don't let it be the only thing that drives me. It's a motivator for sure, but it's not the sole thing that drives me daily.  I still want to win but I want to win the right way.  The right way to me is to win as a team and to win fairly.  

I've also come to realize that I have to be on this journey for me.  I'm not on this journey to impress anyone (ok maybe my wife ❤️).  I write to tell the story of who I am, who I was and who I want to continue to evolve to be.  I'm not writing to impress my teachers, my friends, my teammates and I believe this realization has unshakled me.  It's allowed me to write about and be accountable to who I am not who I want people to see me as.  Writing this way can be scary if I only cared about what most people thought instead of being who I am and need to be.  

I've taken a lot of years to become comfortable in my own skin.  To be able to write freely about who I am and this journey.  Writing has become freedom and freedom has developed into gratitude and into happiness.

Mr. Repay