Who were you before the world told you who to be?
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Shane Wheeler is a storyteller, artist, and speaker exploring identity, self-expression, and belonging.
The question isn't, "Do I have the courage to change?"
It's "Do I have the courage to let go?"
Somewhere along the way we lose pieces of who we are by trying to become who we're told we should be. If we're all just living 'normal' lives then I can't help but to wonder:
Who chose this for us?
And why are we trading ourselves for it?
"And we call it vandalism"
The simplest meaning of life..
and we call it vandalism.
Have you ever gone into a park bathroom or maybe a bridge or bench and found the words, "I was here" written or carved into them?
Truth is we've all seen it or done it. My question is, why? No one taught us to do it and no one knows who wrote it, but that person. The answer lies in the silent thoughts just before the words became real.