D: Defy #Step4

“Listen to the mustn’ts child, Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles the won’ts.Listen to the never haves, Then listen close to me…ANYTHING can happen, child, Anything can be.”-Shel Silverstein
I want you to be defiant. I want you to challenge everything that you know as true and believe in. Do I have your attention now? Now that we know where we stand and are ready to accept not only our circumstances but also our uniqueness and worth, I want you to defy everything that you know as true. Everything. I am cramped up at home in the middle of an international shut-down and everyone around me is complaining, but what if I am fine with it? What if I really like this life and would rather be buried under the silence? What if loneliness is not sad but a blossoming of the self? I may not crave human company or interaction. In fact, a telephone conversation leaves me exhausted, the relentless messages on social media do not impress me. Silence is my friend. Silence helps me think and as I think I can defy and deny everything I have known and believed in since I was a little girl. Go ahead, you can do it. What, if the sky is not blue, but a peculiar shade of purple? Who decided that that colour of the leaves are to be called green? That bird, what if I call it a sweater instead of a sparrow? Would you know what I mean? What if I did not study law? What if I decided to be an artist instead? Would I be dragging my paintings on sidewalks or would I have found another calling? Where would I be if I wasn’t where I am right this minute? That’s exactly it. What, if you could turn everything on its head? Just for a day? What if, just for a day, you listen to all the dos and don’ts that have ruled your life and imagine one where you had not lived the way you were expected to, or even wanted to … where would you be now? Try it. In your head, if you want. Or write me a note. I’d love to read this! And you have the Sunday too! See you on Monday.