A new revolution...

I'm learning about myself.  It seems like I'm being forced to.  As it turns out there are certain situations that inevitably cause one's self to to take at look at... one's self.  Leaving a promising job with a "future" for something I believe in.   Navigating a "less than perfect" relationship.  Getting over the "less than perfect" relationship.  Fighting for something I never want to lose.  Being lonely.  Going too far.  Living some days with reckless abandon.  Questioning why?  Facing these has been like staring into a mirror trying to figure out who I'm looking at. 

I'm beginning to see who I am.  Well, little by little... and I love what I am finding.  I'm certainly not perfect.  But my flaws inspire me. I know I will spend the rest of my life looking inward and yet I'll probably never fully know myself.  But it's the journey that I love.  Not the destination.  I am worth it.  

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Every generation needs a new revolution."  What is mine?  Could I save the whales?  Go green?  Fight terrorism?  End hunger?  Cure cancer?  Hug a tree?  Fight global warming?  What will the textbooks of 2100 say about my generation?  How will I change tomorrow?  What will I fight for?  

What if I fought for myself?  What if my revolution was taking a break from saving the world and instead making sure I am okay with myself?  Perhaps I would be worth a little more to mankind if I was worth more to me.  Maybe instead of targeting what's wrong with the world and trying to fix it, I might focus on what I have to offer the world.  I think an entire generation of people who love themselves might be able to love each other with a far greater capacity than those before them.      

I'm over the bullshit.  It doesn't help anybody.  I don't love to see the bad.  I will live free.  Today I am excited.  I am Adam.  You've been blogged.