Things you thought were true, but later found out weren't.

[Locut0s]

18. That who you are is written in stone.

I'm still trying to unlearn this one.

Actually I've always factually known it not to be true but in my heart of hearts I've always told myself that you are the sum of your experiences and that can't be changed.

It's difficult but I'm coming to learn that it's not true and starting to actually feel it. I'm starting to realize that you really CAN remake yourself into what you want to be. That your experiences don't predetermine what your life will be like. That you can indeed have more than one life, more than one restart. That you can keep going back to square one and each time NOT feel defeated but start anew with the lessons learned from the previous run at it. That the stories of people who find themselves only late in life aren't just stories, there really are people who struggle until their 50s or later before they 'get it'. That maybe I should listen more to that little voice in my head saying "let's drop it all and travel the world!", and not brush it off as mere childish musings. That to fall down and get up, and fall again and again really is growth and not just failure. That maybe even though I don't fit into any of societies cookie cutter lives, maybe there is still SOMEWHERE I DO fit.

I still haven't learned this and I don't quite believe it yet, but I'm starting to see glimmers of its truth.