Vegetation would not exist if this was their story…
I did this on my own.
I did not need sun to shine on me.
I did not need earth to dig my roots deep into.
I did not need water to wet the soil around me.
I came from nothing and made myself everything.
Stars would not exist if this was their story…
I did this on my own.
I did not need hydrogen to create my cloud into a sphere.
I did not need gravity to help me become a nuclear furnace.
I did not need other novas to help me generate myself.
I came from nothing and made myself everything.
Humans would not exist if this was their story…
I did this on my own.
I did not need parents to teach me.
I did not need peers to connect to.
I did not need a societal system to guide me.
I came from nothing and made myself everything.
Self-made is a myth. And paradoxically it isn’t.
Every experience you have makes you who you are.
All the help you have along the way makes you who you are.
All the help you don’t get along the way makes you who you are.
The life you were born into can make you soft or it can make you determined.
The privilege you’ve enjoyed can be your downfalling or your greatest asset.
The trauma you’ve witnessed and lived can be your greatest triumph or tragedy.
The beauty you were genetically gifted can be your own beauty or ugliness.
The ugliness you were genetically gifted can be your own beauty. Or not.
You Decide what it will be.
So you are self-made.
Your billions,
in debt.
Your millions,
in wealth.
Your gratitude,
in famine.
Your consumption,
in feast.
Your forgiveness,
in lack.
Your complacency,
in abundance.
Your curiosity,
in a high hand.
Your security,
in a royal flush.
It’s all up to you.
And that’s what I’ve got to say about this.
Except a p.s.:
Kylie. You’re self-made. All the congrats for taking your life and making it something everyone is talking about. Maybe you have some privileges others haven’t and you did something awesome with it. Kudos. And when the hard stuff hits (maybe it has a bit with this backlash) know you still get to choose to rise above it all. You didn’t declare yourself self-made the media did (and we know how rude they can be). You’re doing awesome stuff with this life you’ve been gifted. I think it’s amazing!!
xx, L-