This landed right in the centre of me. There’s something sacred about the moments when I forget myself, not out of avoidance, but because I’ve become so immersed and present that everything else falls away. It feels like unabated alignment. Like truth rising up without needing to be shaped to fit something else. These words captured something I’ve felt but couldn’t always name. Thank you, once again @tomasacker.
Thank you, Kelly—that really means a lot. I know the feeling you’re describing, though I’ve always found it hard to explain. It’s one of those quiet yet vibrant and alive states you only recognize by being in it. You know it when you feel it. I’m grateful the piece helped give shape to something you’ve known inside.
I’ve seen what you describe, Tom—firsthand.
The way people shift after a promotion.
How opinions change depending on the room.
How silence becomes the safest strategy.
We’ve become a society of chameleons—
ever-shifting to fit in, too afraid to look in the mirror long enough
to question whose gaze is really staring back.
We justify.
We assume.
We pretend not to notice.
Because if we did notice—
if we asked the real questions—
it would challenge the very environment we’ve worked so hard to belong in.
Say the wrong thing, and you risk being cast aside.
And that’s terrifying—especially when you’re still unsure who you are without the mask.
That’s why the future depends on those willing to face that mirror.
To unmask the parts they’ve played.
To ask whether the world we’ve created is one we’d want to inherit.
And to take the first step into building something better.
Some of us have been walking that path alone for a long time.
It’s good to know we’re not the only ones anymore.
Thank you, Tyler. This sums it up perfectly:
"Say the wrong thing, and you risk being cast aside.
And that’s terrifying—especially when you’re still unsure who you are without the mask."
This landed right in the centre of me. There’s something sacred about the moments when I forget myself, not out of avoidance, but because I’ve become so immersed and present that everything else falls away. It feels like unabated alignment. Like truth rising up without needing to be shaped to fit something else. These words captured something I’ve felt but couldn’t always name. Thank you, once again @tomasacker.
So good!
Thank you, Kelly—that really means a lot. I know the feeling you’re describing, though I’ve always found it hard to explain. It’s one of those quiet yet vibrant and alive states you only recognize by being in it. You know it when you feel it. I’m grateful the piece helped give shape to something you’ve known inside.