Becoming. Growth. Change. Redefinition. Dynamic. Trying to be your best self, your ideal self, that vision in your head of who you could be if only…

Making the decision to act, to identify and try to fix your problems.

Choosing not to stand still. Taking the first step.

Being. Something rather than nothing. Knowing that the self of today is subtly different than the self of yesterday and tomorrow. Existence.

Balance becoming with being. Acceptance on one hand and change on the other. Momentum and stagnancy. The in-between state. Tension.

Stasis. For a little while. There’s never really a definite resolution, never an absolute truth. Instead it’s finding the middle between extremes, a process of development. Learning and modifying. Building on what has come before. Living.

I’ve been reading about DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) lately and watching a lot of Buffy. Also, I just read an amazing book, "The Spell of the Sensuous". It's one of those rare books that challenges previously held viewpoints and conceptions of the world; plus the wording is absolutely gorgeous. Its a book that makes me fall in love with the world anew.