You are what you aim at

So often, we use our past as an excuse.

We may not want to think of it that way, because we like the comfort those restraints give us.

And of course, the past does shape us — but I’d like to invite you to see it as context rather than a determining factor.

Yes, there are limitations that cannot be changed or even bent. But they can still be defied in realistic ways.

Society needs us to dare more right now, because those who currently hold courage are often letting us down.

And you and I — people with deep sensibilities and a certain purity of heart — are often diminished by the status quo and the superego.

We’ve been low for so long that we forget we could aim higher than we do.

This isn’t a moral failure so much as a statistic — and I understand why we might conclude that we cannot leave our constraints.

But I want to propose something else: that we are not where we come from, nor what has happened to us, but where we are willing to go.

Even if we never fully arrive, we will have lived within that direction.

We will have dwelled there, because we cherished it through our dedication to it.

Truth and beauty are not overnight sensations. They are revealed over time. They require compassion, patience, and perseverance.

We don’t have to be content with what we were given — whether that’s location, DNA, or victimhood.

Because with time, we become what we aim for.

Consistency and direction must bear fruit.

It is a natural law: you get what you give.

And when we pour our time and attention into what we find beautiful and true, we will inevitably find ourselves reflected in it — and, eventually, become part of it ourselves.