if you needed a sign

The sad truth is that
no one is going to 
stop you on the street
and shake you until 
your true potential spills out.
You’re going to have to do it yourself. 

You may be young, full of love
(if only you knew where to give it!)
and talent
(if only you knew where to use it!)
and you will do yourself a great injustice
if you wait to live until 
someone tells you to. 

There is no hidden world where all
of your problems will go away.
The ”real world” that your parents swear
you’ll enter someday does not exist. There
are bills you may have to pay, there are 
commitments you may have, but 
above all, there is now. 
Quit waiting until 
you become someone else
before you 
like yourself. 

Kid, you put so much of your energy into
fighting to stay alive,
that you forgot
to live. 

Don’t require yourself to 
have a college degree,
new friends, a lover,
or live in a new city
before you allow yourself to be happy.

Decide what you would like to
bring into the world and then do it.
If you needed a sign,
this is it.