175 Words On: Why I Think We’re All Getting It Wrong

Everyone has a defining moment in life.

It strikes you to your core, and stays there.

More often than not, it's an evil thing that sticks with you for the rest of your life, whether it's a disaster, an accident, a crime.

A tornado, car crash, sexual assault.

You get the idea.

Problem is, people often let these defining moments, define them.

Understand?

They're confusing their incident, with their identity.

This horrible thing that happened, with who they are.

Your life is what it is, because of what happened. It impacted you, but it is not the only thing you are.

I think that's why we often feel so lonely, and ashamed.

Because we are alone, in that experience.

But we are not alone, in our lives.

As humans, we are capable of connection, of relating.

I think that we forget that, a lot.

So instead of continuing to get it wrong, I think we need to remember one thing:

It's our imperfections that make us human. And our humanity, that makes us truly influential.