Awww this is a wonderful post Lima AKA Capn.

I may never be exactly what I want me to be. But I'm open to practicing[...]

This honestly should be everyone ever's mantra. None of us are ever likely to be exactly what we want to be, and we may not even know exactly what we want to be, and even if we think we know what we want to be, we may not even want to be that if we become it. But the second part - "I'm open to practice". THIS is life. THIS is living. THIS is growing, and loving, and not stagnating, and not shrinking and not succumbing to depression and anxiety. Being open to practice. Practice is such a wonderful word because it implies that there is nothing wrong with the result if it is not perfect. That is why you practice, in fact. Practice is a form of doing that is not so caught up in the results and the expectations - and because of this, it actually produces results. Results *happen* when we just practice and do, and if a byproduct of your practice is that we get to read more amazing posts - then everyone wins!

All the love - Carl