The Cool Kids
When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
Are you proud of yourself?
…Are you disappointed?
Do you still remember those kids we used to be?
The ones who wanted to be doctors, lawyers, and even rockstars?
The ones who had grass-stains on their jeans & the missing teeth?
You liked me for me.
We didn’t judge each other back then. What happened to that?
I’m not gonna lie, LIFE got to me.
Do you remember when we first started riding bikes?
When I took the training wheels off, I fell a thousand times before I got it right.
Did you judge me then?
If not, what’s the difference?
Back then, giving up wasn’t an option.
I didn’t care what you thought!
I would pick myself up and keep going.
I’m not sure when it happened, but we started taking things too seriously.
We went from laughing together, to laughing at each other…
And that made me feel self-conscious!
I stopped trying new things in fear of failure.
Let’s not forget the peer pressure, the family issues, the FOMO, the anxiety, and everything else.
Life beat me up.
I tried being all these different things, just so you would like me.
It made me feel worthless and insecure.
I had to let go of everything I thought I was
and everything I thought you wanted me to be
before I could remember who I am.
I had to take a good look in the mirror and find that kid again
because I almost forgot how cool he actually is.
