Reborn

“If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die.”

-Lao Tzu

What is your interpretation of the quote on this page? If you were going to follow it, what’s the first step you’d take?

I am currently in the “reborn” phase. I let go of who I was (about a year ago) so that I could grasp onto what who I want to be. The old me had to “die” so that the new me could emerge from the ashes. The first, and perhaps hardest step, was to accept what it was that was making me unhappy: my job. Since then, I’ve learned new things and continue to find and do activities that make me happy. No longer am I putting others’ needs before my own. No longer am I diluting who I am to comfort others. And no longer am I putting work before my family.