The Day I Took Back the Baton Named Expectation

Isn't there someone who will save me?

Isn't there someone who will change this situation someday?

Even now that we are adults, don't you sometimes find yourself harboring such faint expectations?

Days spent waiting for a miracle somewhere in the midst of an unchanging daily life.

It was I who was blaming those around me for why things weren't going well and running away.

However, no matter how long I waited, no one appeared to take over as the protagonist of my life.

I kept repeating the cycle of feeling frustrated that they wouldn't change and getting hurt on my own.

Then one day, I suddenly realized.

To expect things from others is to hand over the pilot's seat of your own life to someone else.

Perhaps I had been leaving my heart behind and seeking change only from the outside.

The moment I decided to stop waiting for a future where someone else would change things for me, my heavy heart suddenly felt lighter.

When you stop expecting things from others, your own future begins to move.

The magic to change the future is nothing special.

It is simply changing how you spend your days and how you view things, even just a little.

Why not turn the time you spend waiting for someone else to change into time spent believing in yourself and taking action?

The only person in the world who can hold the rudder of your life is you.

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