Feature Story
Growing Guilt
In the depths of growth we often forget or ignore, subconsciously the people we drop along the way.
The people we drain as they water us. The people we step on or over on our way forward.
But the worst of these can be the student who betrays the teacher. The student who learns the lesson at the expense of the teacher. And worse yet, the student who doesn’t recognize—and even more troubling, isolates—their growth through their lack of recognition of the teacher.
To the people who have taught me, to the lessons learned and the space that was created once the lesson was learned. I honor you.
I apologize for my lack of awareness of you after your worth made me feel worthy.
I apologize for robbing you of your value to make myself feel valuable.
Visionary Voices
Louis the Hippie
Today’s inspiration comes from creative Louis the Hippie, with 98k viewers on TikTok. His recent poem named “The Cost of Growth” allows us to hold awareness for how we and others might have invalidated the power of lessons learned.
A Final Note
Do not allow yourself to be forgotten and obscured within someone else’s growth.
"Out of the shadow of the master.”
Until next time,
Honestly Ayala
