Mature Nl - 5130 -

It is not the silence of loneliness. It is the silence of reckoning .

We are told that productivity is piety. That if you aren't optimizing, you are rotting. Mature NL - 5130

For so long, I confused performance with competence. I thought being an adult meant being consistent, predictable, and solid. I thought it meant not changing your mind. I thought it meant swallowing your fear so deeply that it turned into indigestion. It is not the silence of loneliness

And at Marker 5130, I am finally, tentatively, beginning to believe that this is more than enough. you are rotting. For so long

The Unfinished Business of Being Human (Musing #5130)

There is no finish line.