I Read Therefore I Am Novels & Stories

All my life, I had begged the heavens, begged for a name, begged for a home. Only now did I understand. A true home is the self. From this day on, whatever struggles may come my way, I stand firmly on my own two feet.

The argument had produced the conditions for its own recognition in the person who had made it. ---

“I am not a bad person! I I’m not a bad person . I am not a bad person!l I keep repeating this to myself twit myra e covers i my hands. Tears roll out from my eyas as I sniffle and fall on my knees. Thesis this guilt o my shocker and also I feel as thoug a burden just left me. I feel a placement of hand on my shoulder hw I’m I am still kneeling on the floor with my face covered in my hand. I

"I’m not you, and I’m not them." Once again, images begin to flash in front of me—memories of when I would honestly find myself thinking these things. But then, when I truly thought about it, I would realize that everything they said and everything I thought because of their words were wrong. "I am my own person, and my past or my blood relations don’t define me." "What?" my grandmother hisses, her eyes growing wide. "What did you say?" "I said," I repeat, settling on one solid thought. "I am not my parents, and I am the one who chooses my path."

In fact, I too think in the same way, until I turned my gift into my greatest strength. It was Theodore who motivated me by reading the famous words of Albert Einstein, ‘Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.’ "Now, tell me who you are and why you are here." Does the Queen send you to kill me?" I asked, tightening my grip on his neck.

They’re not the truth of who I am. Today, I stand here and tell myself: I am enough. I don’t need to feel second best to Avery or anyone else. My worth isn’t measured by comparison or competition. It’s in my quiet strength, my kindness, my unique perspective. I am deserving of my own happiness, my own success, and my own voice.

“Is that I already know what I am.” Then I smile.