It’s not so much a lesson, but a desire to have learned more about myself and my mental health at a younger age. Possessing a deeper knowledge would have allowed me to make different choices, realize the potential consequences of those choices, understand what drove me to make them to begin with, and most importantly, how trauma silently shapes the choices we make and how those choices potentially cascade into bad choices through either guilt or obligation.
In slowing down to understand ourselves instead of being self-centered in the moment, we uncover available paths that were not previously visible. And almost always, those are the paths that lead to a better quality of life.
Off The Rails 