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⭐️'s avatar

this was the most beautiful shit i’ve ever read

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Alan Rodriguez Rios, MSPP's avatar

awww, thank you so much, Gigi!! 🥹 i love that you love it :)

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ofc❤️❤️

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Dayton's avatar

Wow. What a fantastic piece. I love hearing your perspective on being a 20-something in the throes of young adulthood. Keep up the great work.

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Alan Rodriguez Rios, MSPP's avatar

Thanks so much, Dayton. Not gonna lie, it’s strange writing about something so common for people yet so foreign to me personally. Can’t wait for you to see what I have coming next.

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Adam Brubaker's avatar

Nice piece Alan. Some interesting points made.

I currently live in Spain, and we will be here until July - if you ever want to meet up, shoot me a message!

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Alan Rodriguez Rios, MSPP's avatar

If we’re near each other, I’d love to! Thanks for reading my words, Adam :)

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Kua Ren's avatar

Beautifully written and so heartfelt! If can offer any solid piece of advice is this, in my life the moments that marked me, shaped me, taught me, amazed me, and delivered the biggest most profound blessings were never planned or curated by me. The Universe took care of it. And I was not open to many of these moments, and my awakening was not were it is after going through them. The Universe will surprise you regardless of your plans. And in the Yin-Yang balance of things it asks for our input and actions in order show the beauty that is.

You are light years ahead of where I was at your age. This sensitivity will open even more beautiful experiences for you.

In this post I tried to express this while writing about Expectations:

https://open.substack.com/pub/kuaren/p/the-expectation-that-never-was-forvantningen?r=35010a&utm_medium=ios

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Alan Rodriguez Rios, MSPP's avatar

Thank you so very much for your words, Kua Ren. I believe that this is a season where I must fully embrace the unknown, fully trust, and be fully ok with whatever lands on my lap. Amor fati.

Your piece was an excellent read as well. I really needed to be reminded of the bigger picture. Just breathe, trust, and move with the Universe :)

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