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one more day.

there was something you had always wanted as the old version of you. when it never came, that old version slunk back into the dark to be held by your shadows, and a new you emerged.

when you wake to find what you had always wanted now standing quietly at your door, know this is a choice between who you are now and what (old) you always wanted. it’s what you always wanted versus what has always been yours. you will make a choice between the old you and the new you.

when you bring your shadows into the light, old you has nothing left to hold. so it returns in the form of a question, asking one last time, me or you? this or that? past or future? will you accept a ribbon just because you’ve never held a medal? or are you willing to wait one more day for gold?

don’t listen to the old songs; sing a new one. the call is coming from behind; keep walking into the future. what’s meant to meet you is coming this way. and it won’t ask you to choose anyone or anything over yourself. it will be how you choose yourself. it’s what can only come when you choose you; and this is when what chooses you can finally come forward.

be your first choice, your only choice. no more settling for second place in your own life. you don’t need those small tokens or trophies anymore. the big one has taken as long to forge as your new self. and it will soon make sense why you had to be emptied. so many times. so thoroughly. you will see you were being tested to hold emptiness for just one more day. and how you needed both hands open for what’s coming.