You will meet yourself again…

The jump-off line comes from You Will Be Changed by Jeannette Encinias. 

I meet myself again, all these years later. At the core, I’ve never changed. I’m still serious, stubborn and proud. That’s why I liked Pride and Prejudice alone of all the classics I read, Lizzy and Darcy remain one of my favourite couples in stories written or acted out. 

I meet myself again after a slumber period. Somewhere along the way I had lost myself. I used to think happiness was all important but then somehow I talked myself into believing that I should strive for contentment instead. Contentment as a compromise, contentment in the form of losing myself in what I had at the moment and talking myself into saying it’s enough. Until it wasn’t and I was completely thrown. 

I meet myself again and again. I will probably meet myself in another twenty years and be the same. Same and different. 

I meet myself again when I look back into the mirror, if I look beyond my face. Or I don’t look that closely- the face is still the same, has been the same since I was twelve. 

I meet myself again on the page. 

I meet myself again when I think of what novels to re-read and my emotional reactions to certain elements. 

I meet myself again.