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elimarnad's avatar

thank you for putting in words what so many of us feel but struggle to express. your honesty hit me straight in the heart 💛 i saw myself in every line

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Gala's avatar

this means so much to me, thank you for reading my 5am thoughts ❤️ and for making me feel understood🥺

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Beautiful Ache's avatar

Incredible! Thank you. Gripping, fervent and powerful. 🌷

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Gala's avatar

Thank you for reading and for being here♥️♥️ I would love to read some of your writing too🌸

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adriana's avatar

this is raw and real, I love your writing so much 💗

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Gala's avatar

thank you so much adriana ❤️❤️ please send some of your favourite writing my way, I’d love to read it

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Muntaha's avatar

Writings like this make me wish for a chance in this lifetime to sit on the grass with those who write such posts and talk about life.

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Gala's avatar

this makes my heart happy ❤️ thank you sidra

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Pranu's avatar

i guess we don’t need to “grieve”. we need to live, and grief anyway becomes a part of it, right?

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Pranu's avatar

did you intentionally write the first few bits with no caps and then otherwise?

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Gala's avatar

I don’t really think about caps much, when it feels right I will correct it and when it doesn’t i won’t, just trying to experiment with that

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Pranu's avatar

this post is so perfect!

i want to say something funny that this is really the older genz with south node in pisces, aquarius, capricorn, sagittarius, scorpio and libra. i’m sorry you literally wrote this post about us and i just have to say thissss, it’s nice to be silly and funny, right?

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Gala's avatar

Love this hahahahah is this how we all feel? If that’s the case we need to do smth about it and understand each other💗

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Amour's avatar

It’s hard to put into words all of what’s going through my mind after reading this. There’s so many layers, and based on how you wrote this none of it was an overnight experience. It’s taken time for you to meet yourself here, in a powerful position, regardless of how it may feel sometimes.

I went through a similar experience with my family, and a mantra that got me through was “it’s outta my hands, it’s outta my hands” to help me let go, because at some point there is nothing left that you can do.

Chapter and seasons hit there completion, stories gain the opportunity to change and say something new.

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Gala's avatar

Thank you amour for leaving such a thoughtful beautiful comment♥️ and for understanding where I’m coming from here. It has taken a while for me to realise I was doing things to prove myself to people I didn’t even talk to anymore, that I was approaching my dreams and passion from the wrong place sometimes, and that I wasn’t superior to anyone who wanted to live a very ordinary life (I just wanted to feel special as a defense mechanism for everyone who didn’t believe in me) and that mantra you mentioned is very good and I’m so glad that got you through some stuff. It’s so hard to let go of control but it’s the bravest thing we can do💙 sending you love

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Amour's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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wildflower's avatar

I lost myself during times of lockdown. No more energy, strength and positivity. What were my most outstanding qualities. I’m fighting every day to come back to the old me. It’s hard but I’m getting closer, every second. Thank you for sharing, Gala!! 🤍

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Gala's avatar

I think lockdown was a pretty confusing time for all of us, I feel this too💙 i hope that your energy, strength and positivity can come back even stronger and that being lost is just a state that allows us to find ourselves more than ever before

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wildflower's avatar

Maybe being lost shows a lot who we really are.

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

You speak what many of us feel. I'm double your age, and I still have no direction. I make it up as I go along. 💞💕

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Gala's avatar

I guess it's all about what excites us in a given moment, what we want to do today, not so much what we want to do in life. and if today we want to go to the beach and read a book and eat a tuna sandwich, that's meaningful too 💙 thank you for reading rea!!

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MCSTARMCART's avatar

Thank you for writing and sharing this. It’s poignant, powerful, and relatable. I found this poem on a night when I really needed it.

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Gala's avatar

thank you for taking the time to read it and leaving this comment, it means so much 💛

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Inside Overthinker Tales!'s avatar

I read every word you wrote, and I kept wondering “how could she describe exactly what I am going through?!!”, you wrote something so honest and true comes from heart and reached my heart and soul, I am sure I will be reading your post over and over and over again because you are right .. everything you said is just right and true ..

Still not over this part “so you stay in what you know. daydreaming in your fifteen-year-old mind. twenty-three year old body. because that’s what gave you hope.”

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Gala's avatar

I'm so happy that this resonated with you ❤️ thank you for being so present with my 5am rant about my life, and for understanding every word, it means everything

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Eliana's avatar

after reading this I don't know what to say. it feels like you're in my head and you're speaking to my inner child. thank you for writing this

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Gala's avatar

💗💗💗💗

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amy 💌's avatar

this is amazing and so are you 🤍 it’s so hard to know how to be happy/what will make you happy, but your commitment to that and to living authentically is so cool & brave & inspiring

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Gala's avatar

thank you amie💙 this means so much to me because I also love your writing, and you are the one that's inspiring 🌼

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