Become Yourself

从外教发的Slam Poems 中摘录出来的，我给它划分了段落。

Become Yourself - by Captain Wiggles @WANPOETRY

“Just be yourself;”
But what does that even mean?
On the shelf of a wise woman's bedroom I once read a sign that said “we do not find ourselves we create ourselves.”

Did you know, that your skin rejuvenates every two weeks?
That this means you are your appearance is constantly replacing itself, so if you are having trouble fitting into your own skin just wait a minute.
You will have a chance to mold a better fit.
Did you know that your stomach and intestines replace themselves every five days?

A reminder that who you are on the inside will change faster than who you are on the outside.
Did you know it takes ten years for your body to replace your bone tissue?
Longer than anything else it holds up your skeleton is your foundation a reminder to not take lightly the quality of things we build ourselves up from.
Did you know your eyes can rejuvenate their corneas but not their lenses this means we can't change the way information hits our eyes but we can change the way information is sent to our minds.
Did you know the only part of the brain that does not rejuvenate is the one that holds our memories so be wise with what you choose to remember.

Be wise with how you process the information sent to you from your lenses.
As Samantha said the past is just a story we tell ourselves
So tell yourself glory.
Tell yourself failure followed
Tell yourself failure followed by lessons and how to succeed.
Tell yourself betrayal over shattered by loyalty of those who have been true to you.
Tell yourself love followed by heartbreak followed by love.

Play on repeat what you did right today instead of what you did wrong.
You are making pathways to build your own future on.
Remember that it is okay to lay down those pathways stones one at a time.
Like a body made of cells you have to start somewhere.

So I say to that troubled boy and that lonely girl, when in doubt do not ask yourself “Who I am,”
but “who do I want to be?” and go in that direction because every moment you're alive you are laying more stones.
Life is one gigantic adventure it does not have to be a tragedy because there is tragedy in it.

We are a balancing act balancing on the story lines cut from both truth and myth fact and fiction comfort and curiosity.
Don't be afraid when you fall off the line sometimes, or all the time.
Balancing is hard it's figuring out how to do it that makes life worth our time and our time withour life so go try not to worry much about who you've been.
Try to remember who you want to become.