turning 32 today mum & dad
i'll grant you i've had more than my share of poignant moments.
sometimes you're flush & sometimes you're bust. when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, & when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. but life goes on — passing most people by while they're making grand plans for it.
throughout my lifetime i've left pieces of my heart here & there, watched timelines fracture on the smallest choices, & felt what it feels like to be truly human.
i made & lost more money than i ever imagined trading on the blockchain, going full cypherpunk the last few years — & in following that path, found a piece of myself i never knew existed.
i have meditated on mountain tops, swam in the world's waters, & loved your animals.
i have stepped into unknown dimensions.
read & studied ancient text, philosophy, symbolism, music, & psychedelics to form who you see today.
& through all of it — every trial, every rabbit hole, every echo left behind in my universe — the same thread remains.
dissolve the attachments.
transmute the pain.
you are the master of creation. you have broken the shackles off your own mind & become the true alchemist you were always supposed to be.
the cipher is hidden inside.
be where your feet are.
be him.
do it.
live it.
give the gift to others.
nothing is stopping you but you —
& the only thing ever standing in my way was me.
smiling & knowing that my ambition far exceeds my talent.
i am at one with the mission.
the wind is at my back & the sun upon my face. i embrace the wings of destiny, to carry us aloft & dance with the stars.
love you, stevie b
as above // so below
