Keep on Rockin in the free world

Its amazing the amount of hope, the sheer amount of energy, the naivette, youth and being young should embody. And its hard to preserve and let that which makes us beautiful, hopeful and positive live and thrive inside of us, particularly when all we see outside of us is so sapping in every way. Its hard to be positive, to learn from your mistakes, to try to be honest to yourself, to be naive in some ways yet wiser in other ways. And it just comes to you at some point, the sheer challenge in balancing many seemingly difficult contradictions inside of you. I guess when we tranform ourselves, we'll transform what we see outside of us.
I guess that naivette about being young is so beautiful, its such a gift, it needs to be preserved and unfortunately many young people don't realize, that part of the beauty of being young is not knowing it all, not 'having it all figured, and its just so amazing. You don't have to know everything in life, the first day you are born, I know people expect that of us, but its nice to let loose and give ourselves space to grow and thrive in our own way. And its an amazing realization to come to, that your growth doesn't have to keep pace with anybody elses around you, its just you and the race is with you. When you know that, you tend to make a deeper connection with yourself.