Born Today?

There is a version of yourself you outgrew that still shows up in certain situations, speaking with your voice but from an old script you thought you had discarded. You recognize it in the way you apologize for things that do not require apology, or in the automatic yes you give before you have considered what you are agreeing to. This outdated self operates faster than your current thinking, arriving at conclusions your actual priorities would reject. It moves through your days like someone wearing clothes that no longer fit but refuses to acknowledge the poor fit. The year ahead is the one that finally creates enough space between the old automatic response and your actual response that you can see the difference clearly, and choose which one gets to answer.