The Random Ramblings of Lauren

 I wish the world would quit telling us to wait, and hope, and pray, that one day Prince Charming will ride in on his white horse to rescue us. That our saviour will come, sweep us off our feet, and we'll live happily ever after. Stop preaching that we need liberating from our mundane, pitiful existence. That we are only complete in the arms of another. A sickening self-fulfilling prophecy of heroes and damsels.  We don't need to be rescued. I will be my own damn hero. I'll save  myself from this twisted narrative. And I'll love me better than anyone else ever could... Happily ever after.

Every once in a while, we are faced with moments that flip our entire world on its axis. Tiny, unforgettable fragments on the timeline of our existence, that promise to alter our very existence at its core. And all at once, everything you thought you knew, every scrap of stability and direction and ideology you possessed, is cast into darkness and doubt. For you see, you are no longer the version of you that you once were. In that moment you are thrown into a whole different environment, where everything you once knew crumbles into disregard. Like a child, you find yourself lost in a cornucopia of confusion, forced to learn all you once knew from scratch, in a world that feels entirely alien. Colours, sights, sounds, tastes and smells - they all feel brand new again as they adapt and adjust to this evolved version of you. All the things you used to believe, the ideas and opinions you used to know, and even the values you held dear, they're shaken to disreput...