Value of experience is remembering that wisdom doesn’t only come from reading, it comes from really being living—through grief, through failure, through love that stretched me, through fear that forced me to grow up,
Value of experience is noticing the patterns I’ve already outgrown, the mistakes I don’t repeat as much, the boundaries I finally learned to keep, the apologies I now know how to offer without pride,
And value of experience asks me, why do I treat my own hard-earned growth like it’s nothing, when it cost me tears, my time, and my courage to become who I am today,
But value of experience tells me, I can trust that my life has already produced real wisdom worth preserving…
Words for ages don’t have to be grand speeches, they can be simple sentences that carry your own truth—what I learned about endurance, what I learned about love, what I learned about choosing my own again,
Words for ages can be written in a voice that sounds like my actual mouth, not a perfect voice, not a famous voice, but an honest voice that tells the future, “this is what helped me to survive”,
And words for ages ask me, if I vanished tomorrow, what would I wish I had left behind—something real for my younger self, something gentle that my older self would be proud of,
But words for ages tell me, I can leave a trail of truth that outlives my mood and outlives the moment that tempted me to stay silent…
Living the marked lines is the harder part, because it’s one thing to write brave words and another thing to embody them when I’m tired, triggered, tempted, or aching for comfort,
Living the marked lines is choosing to let my actions become my teaching, letting my daily behavior match what I claim to believe, so my life isn’t just a notebook—it’s my demonstration of living,
And living the marked lines asks me, what is the point of writing “be kind” if I keep being cruel in private, what is the point of writing “be honest” if I keep rehearsing excuses,
But living the marked lines tells me, I can practice alignment today in one small moment, and that moment is how my words earn their weight…
Legacy to practice is not about fame, it’s about leaving something sturdy—habits that heal, examples that becomes steady for me to others, a record of how I learned to carry my life beyond integrity,
Legacy to practice means I stop deferring my voice until I feel “ready,” because readiness often arrives only after I choose to start, only after I risk sounding imperfect and still show up anyway,
And legacy to practice asks me, will I let my life end with only highlighted quotes, or will I leave behind a handful of original truths that came from my own lived battle,
But legacy to practice tells me, I can put something down for the ages in both words and example, starting with what I choose today…
Watchwords:
• My voice deserves space
• My life can become a lesson
• Actions give words their power
• I can start before I feel ready
• I will leave something real behind
Here is Tikatarot, who dares you to answer the question, “Who am I?”..
As and will always be reminding you to dream:
