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“No Longer Just a Passenger“


Daily Writing Prompt: What are you becoming?


June 18, 2026 — 2:57 p.m.

Just finished eating a four-piece leg and thigh meal from Pollo Loco.

Been feeling drained lately.

Sitting here on the side of a street next to a school in South Central.

Cool breeze from the shade.

Bass booming a beat from a passing car.

The sky is somewhere between gray and blue.

A bit of a dirty sky waiting for some rain to cleanse itself.

Last night, while walking and thinking about questions I’ve been having, I started asking:

Why am I always so helpless?

A man who has been trying to get footing in the terrain of life.

What is wrong with me?

I started coming to the conclusion:

Nothing is wrong with you.

You care so much that you are blinded to some of your own forward progress.

It’s not enough.

I am not enough.

I am not where I want to be.

Always the same bullshit.

Then another thought came.

I am becoming okay.

Just okay.

Yes, just okay.

Okay has helped me finish school.

Create a money bucket system.

Blah blah.

But most importantly, I’m trying to resolve issues one at a time.

I am managing my life like a to-do list.

But not a to-do list booming like a gavel waiting to finish me.

Instead:

It’s okay if I do my best and my best is not good enough.

Tomorrow, I’ll give it everything I have.

I’ll be okay.

I am trying.

No longer just a passenger.

Maybe I won’t be good enough.

But I will continue to try.

Thank you for the allowance I get to open my eyes every morning.

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