Freedom is…

Knowing we will all drown someday
but being at peace with drowning before the next minute arrives

Feeling the fear
but looking it in the eye anyway

Thinking you’ll never make it
but taking that first step nonetheless

Sensing that you’re way out of your depth
but trusting the water and your body’s buoyancy

Being… just being
All that you are, all that you were, all that you ever will be… NOW.

Averil Nunes is a student who is currently researching truth, meaning, love, faith and beauty in the laboratory of life. Maybe one day she’ll figure it all out and write and illustrate a book about her experiments. She is also a writer, journalist and passionate cake decorator.