I was born prematurely of about 6 -7 weeks.
My mom and dad, bought many dolls in order to use the clothing that came with them as I was that tiny.
I don't have much memory of my early childhood except from when I started preschool.
At that point all issues with development and reaching milestones were achieved.
But I had confidence issues and was still smaller than many of the kids my age.
I often wondered if the years so early in my life caused me to have insecurities or if it was part of my personality.
Great thing about it, is that it caused me grow into a self aware person, not that much about what others thought of me, but what I thought and what the implications of my actions would bring.
As awesome as this could be, I grew up with a family that tried to understand it, but it's as if our frequencies were different.
This caused me to turn to religion, books, anime, games and occasionally narcotics for broader perspectives.
My life has always been an island, and with this I have realised that many people also have their island.
For their own reasons.
As a child I was often told that the many things I did not understand and questioned would make sense once I was older.. somehow as I grew older things made even less sense as life is filled with many contradictions.
Life is just a reason to wonder about it, to live it.
And to pass the baton to the next young person down the line.
I'd like to believe that being self aware has the means of bringing good to the life everyone leads.
I believe that will that baton I pass on.
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