Setting The Stage
This is the story of how I achieved my highest potential. It starts at the only place that has ever existed: here and now. It's a strange place to start a journey because, in a vaccum, it's hard to know where you're going. I might prefer to focus on fragments of moments gone, that lie within. I might remember better times, where I felt lighter and more at ease. Presently, I'm at the worst point in my life. Where once I earned a living and felt independent, today I leech off my parents. The man who ran circles around a gym and fought combat sports, now stuggles to bend over without passing out. The boy who believed he could do anything, now puts off the smallest tasks for days on end. A child brimming with love for his heroes. Where did it all go wrong? I'm not leaving on a perilous journey without reason. I do so as a last resort. My life feels unbearable after everything that has happened. Something needs to change. What do I carry with me now? So full, yet so h...