I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney

you should never forget who you are and where you came from.

There’s no secret ladder to reach the stars; you have to learn to build your own, and when you fall, you have to be brave enough to start the climb again. Never look back, never look down.

Everyone wants something from someone, that’s just how we are made. Most relationships, whatever their nature, are based on some kind of trade and compromise.

Along the way I pick up a thought or two about what happens next, and carry them with me for a while. I decide that I don’t like them much, so put them back down and run on, without looking back, hoping they’ll stay where I left them.

We all have secrets. Secrets from ourselves as well as from others. We bury them deep down inside because we know if they were to slip out, they have the power to destroy not only us, but everyone we care about.

Nobody is nice all of the time.

Life is like a game of chess; you just have to play it backwards and work out all the moves you need to make in advance, to get where you need to be.