This What About Me will be short and to the point, because I’m on vacation and writing this while Gianluca is asleep. But it’s a message I really want you to hold on to with care:

I myself am a master at playing the victim in my own intrusive thoughts. But the past is just a record of what happened. What really matters is how you interpret those events — the way you tell that story to yourself.

• If you hold on to a negative view of what happened to you, it turns into a weight you’ll carry for the rest of your life. And unfortunately, a lot of people do that.

But think about this: If our future were truly bound by our past, what would be the point of life? Tell me.

We’re here precisely to evolve, to reinterpret, and to transform what’s happened to us. And the cruel truth: In the end, the choice is yours. Either see yourself as a victim of the situation, or as someone who had the chance to grow from it.

It’s not what happened that defines you. It’s what you do with what happened.

I’ve been repeating this to myself a lot lately. And I sincerely hope that you start repeating it to yourself, too.

With love,
Micael

(P.S.: soon I’ll tell you all about the trip!)