What If
What if you could delete your past
or at least part of it?
Would you do it?
Would you eliminate all your mistakes
bad choices
misfortunes
accidents?
Would you cancel
all those people who gave up on you
all those friendships that didn’t last
all those crushes that didn’t want you
all those arguments you didn’t win
all those failures
you don’t even want to remember
would you get rid of them?
Would you be brave enough?
Because you need courage
to deny your own decisions
and to forget all those people
who made you grow up
who molded you into the person you are now.
Without them, your errors,
you wouldn’t have acted right in that particular circumstance
you wouldn’t have stood up for yourself that time
you wouldn’t have gotten to know yourself better
and, most importantly,
you wouldn’t have met them
friends who support you
and who will be there for you
no matter what
despite you
despite all your mistakes
they are there for you
for the person you really are
the kind of person
who is smart
loving
driven
persevering
stubborn
beautiful
awesome
the kind of person you have always wanted to be
and that you wouldn’t have ever expected to become
but you did
despite your troubled past
you accomplished it
your biggest dream of all
and for it
you must congratulate yourself, only yourself.
Copyright © Giulia Alberini | Year Posted 2020
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