Collecting Life Experiences

(if collecting life experiences was a personal brand, I’d own this one outright)

 A poem and reflection by Erica Ferraro,

One morning I woke

And looked in the mirror 

Same face, same eyes, same heart

But today things feel clearer 

It doesn’t happen overnight

It’s not one moment you can see

But for the first time in a long time 

I am completely at peace with all that is me 

When an ending must happen 

There is a lesson to be had

I know now that it can be a blessing

It doesn’t have to be viewed as bad

That’s because life’s greatest teachers 

Only come when you know 

it’s through life’s set backs, not triumphs 

Where we can truly grow

And to those who chose to add grief 

during the hardest year of my life 

I pray you too become better 

And you never have to know this kind of strife

 

If by collecting life experiences 

I had to evolve so I could see  

That I’m actually thankful for the journey 

I had to be her, to be me 

So whatever it is you’re going through

Whatever hard time has found you 

Wear it as a badge of honor

Your more well rounded, and relatable now too

We don’t ask for all we are given

Sometimes it seems unfair

But a life without experience is the true catastrophe  

And you were made for much more flair 

It’s like they always say

Though it’s never rang more true: 

The harder the path, the higher the calling; 

You’ve ascended to the next version of you

🤍 by Erica Ferraro

Thank you to all of my followers have been with me on this journey; life is a roller coaster! And whatever the mountain is that you are moving, I hope that when you look back you can thoroughly enjoy the view 🏔️