22/05/2026
I used to think I knew who I was. #
I walked to the vet with Olli this morning.
Vaccination day. A yearly ritual.
On the way home we stopped by the cafe.
He had cold water. I had tea.
I sat under a big tree and I thought about life.
(I think more deeper about life recently 🥰)
About a woman who supported me, whose story moved me deeply.
About friends who have become family.
About how grateful I am to be surrounded by people who are kind, generous, and real.
And then I thought about something else.
Identity.
For so long I thought identity came from work.
From a title. A role. A function.
Something I could point to and say,
“That is who I am.”
But sitting under that tree today I understood something differently.
Identity doesn’t come from what you do.
It comes from how you love.
How you show up.
How deeply you are willing to know yourself.
I am 50+.
I am still searching.
I am still learning.
And I am more myself today than I have ever been.
I don’t have everything figured out.
But I am moving forward.
I am happy.
And I am ready.
If you are in this season too,
still searching, still becoming, still open,
you are not behind.
You are exactly where depth begins.
So tell me, what is your question this week? 🌿
slowliving