When I Grow Up

The best version of myself

When I grow up, I want to have laugh lines around my mouth. I want my eyes to wrinkle when I smile. I want my face to show the happiness and joy that my heart feels from being surrounded by those I love.

When I grow up, I want to embrace the bad days just as much as I embrace the good ones. I want to wrap my strong arms around the bad days and turn them into something good with a little bit of love and hope.

When I grow up, I want to run towards fear as if it has no hold on me. I want to not blink in the sight of hardships, knowing that I can walk through any storm with God as my guide.

When I grow up, I want to look at all I have and know that it is enough. I want envy and comparison to be strangers to me.

When I grow up, I want to walk with a lightness that comes with grace and self-forgiveness. I want to find my value and worth in God and not this world or what others think of me.

When I grow up, I want to be free of the labels, stigmas, expectations, and desires of this world. I want to wake up every day and seek family, friendships, grace, joy, love, forgiveness, and - above all - God.

I want to laugh without worry.
I want to love without limit.
I want to age without stressing.
I want to give without overthinking.
I want to listen without speaking.
I want to forgive without grudging.

I want to be the best version of myself that I can.