humbe invincibility

Humble Invincibility

The Truth is, time is not escaping me.
In fact, I gain more time as I grow older.

Walking slow takes time
Walking fast takes time

Which one will you chose?

We don't lose time when we get older; we gain time to reflect upon. Time to remember that days are ways to ends that birth beginnings. Salvation was not in birth or death or even needed. You are it.

As we have more decisions to make, the weight that sits on our shoulders progressively increases. Responsibility is what makes us grow older. The thought, "I must shape," I must do x, y, and z in order for "be" to happen.

So how do we not become burdened and stressed? What is it to grow young again?

We're told as our body ages, bones become weak, cells become slower to heal from injury and disease. We believe as the planets revolve around the sun we age and collect dust, layers upon our skin thicken... each layer another year, as a ring inside the trunk of a tree. Each passing year seems to take away just a little bit more of our belief… the first thing to be destroyed are possibilities… they are replaced by the idea of unfeasibility.

Who knew idealism would be stolen from us with age? Ripped from our hearts as the cost of living; in a world where so many are cornered to think life is about surviving. Life is more than just survival, surviving means nothing, if life is not worth living.

Life is more than just growing old; it is a graceful journey into the unknown. Life must be something beyond what we once thought... playing hide and seek with god.


Grow young... labor and love... labor for love... labor with love... make without thinking about what there is to receive in return. Give to someone without them knowing who it was.

So what is it to be young again?

Remember the days when the only care in the world was if mom would be there at the bus stop waiting for you to come home? Or, the first time you put on a baseball glove, maybe the first time you actually hit a jump shot, or perhaps it was the first time you wrote a poem, or rode a bike without your father holding on.

Inject novelty into your life. Remember there are no squares or circles that you must live in. Continue to learn… absorb… gaze wide-eyed at the world…
trust people before becoming suspicious of them.

Know there are things we can't prepare for. Be a child, filled with humble invincibility… a distinct, intrigued curiosity. Thirsty for knowledge and living… experiencing new things. Wanting to grow young again? Break out of routine. Know that age is not determined by the physical state of your body.
Today... wake up and scream as loud as you can!


Go for a stroll and leave your phone at home…just walk… slowly, stop and listen to leaves rustling… grow young… chase some birds in a park or dive fist first into a box of cookies…
waaaahhhhhaaaaw
why live if you can't enjoy what is around you?
Of course, I could expand on the previous sentence, but I won't.

Be a child on the swings… climb the monkey bars… fall off the tree and break your arm.
Crack it in a couple places and enjoy the moments when your friends come to visit and sign your cast. Allow the different colored markers to expedite your recovery.

Just when people think they know you… just when you think you know yourself… be fluid enough to not have reactions people expect. Surprise yourself daily. As a child, with every passing moment constantly reformulate and recreate yourself. Incessantly bend and stretch, how flexible children are. How easy it was to touch your toes when you were 5 years old.

Be a child again!