KISS Friday - 13 June, 2025

Reflections on life

Time doesn’t walk.
It doesn’t wait.
It flies.

That’s the quiet tragedy and the beautiful urgency of being alive.

You can’t slow time down. But you can be present enough

• to feel it

• to notice it

• to shape it

The passing of time led me to thinking about life, here’s this week’s short notes with a series of life reflections, enjoy.

1 Growth

Growth doesn’t look like winning.

It looks like crying silently after making the hard choice.

It looks like walking away when staying would be easier.

It looks like starting again without applause.

Real growth is quiet.

But it speaks volumes over time.

2 Purpose

Purpose isn’t something you find, but something you build.

Brick by brick.

Choice by choice.

Moment by moment.

It’s not in the grand gestures, it’s in what you do daily when no one’s watching.

3 Self-worth

You don’t earn your worth.

You were born with it.

It’s not in your productivity.

Not in your titles.

Not in your followers.

You are enough, because you exist.

4 Letting Go

Letting go is not a weakness.

It’s strength in its rawest form.

It’s saying “I deserve peace” when chaos is familiar.

It’s unclenching your fists, so you can finally hold joy.

It hurts.

But healing always begins with release.

5 Creativity

Creativity isn’t just luck falling on the chosen few.

It lives in everyone, with dusty dreams and quiet thoughts.

It shows up when you stop trying to be perfect.

And start trying to be real.

Your voice matters.

But only if you dare to use it.

6 Discipline

Discipline is love in action.

Not the loud kind.

But the steady, quiet type that shows up when it’s tired.

It’s doing the thing you said you’d do, even when no one’s keeping score.

It’s uncomfortable.

But so is staying the same.

7 Fear

Fear is not the enemy. Avoidance is.

Fear is a signal, not a stop sign.

It shows up when you’re on the edge of something meaningful.

Feel it.

Then move anyway.

8 Connection

True connection isn’t about having the same thoughts.

It’s about feeling seen.

Heard.

Held in your humanness.

It’s not found in perfect conversations.

It’s found in imperfect moments of honesty.

9 Success

Success isn’t louder.

It’s deeper.

It’s peace when you put your phone down.

It’s joy in the work no one claps for.

It’s living a life you don’t need a vacation from.

It’s yours to define, or the world will define it for you.

Thanks for reading!