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Yesterday I turned twenty. I know, realistically that that is very young, but what I keep thinking about is how fast it has gone by. Twenty years went incredibly fast and that is a fair chunk of time within a human life, and its like the first chapter, my adolescence is gone and I am in some way entering the second phase of life. Somewhere within that, too, I am also thinking of my teenage heroes and what they were doing at this age. For some reason what comes to mind is that Kurt Cobain was only seven years older than I am now when he died. When you're younger twenty seven feels like a lot of years lived, especially if you're a rock star, but... It isn't. In no way do I envision that I will have completed all the goals of my life by age twenty seven and this realization is immense. I know, too, that twenty is a number and yesterday was just another day, but for some reason it just is not. For some reason I feel like a chapter of my life has ended and in a very strong way, I feel relieved by that. Yet at the same time, the future and the unknown is frightening. Most importantly though, I want to make sure that as I enter the second phase of my life, if one can call it that... That I do every single thing that I want to do before it is too late. I want to explore the depths of who I am, and I want freedom and exploration, but I also want to feel connection. I want the warm breath of sun that is love and I believe that somehow it is all connected and this is the time to find it and fight for it. I am no longer a teenager, I am in the first days of the rest of my life and all that I fight for. So I promise my twenty year old self, and my future self that I will always love fiercely, and fight for whatever I want and along the way I will help and inspire a few people and in that I will find strength.