Skin Shedding

"No one ever forgives us for changing. They want us to be constant as the wind and always wear the same colours but we’re not meant to be that way. We’re supposed to be a little different each morning when we wake up... [to] become someone else wearing the same eyes. It’s a little uncomfortable, like a snake shedding skins. They never forgive [us] for changing but [we should] do it with passion because you need to die a little bit now and then to feel alive." (Princess Skye from "The Lost Princess")

I think this is such a beautiful description about change and I fell in love with it the moment I read it. Lately I've done a lot of 'skin shedding' and feel like an entirely new person from who I was a year ago, months ago, weeks ago, even days ago.

Though with each part of me that dies, something more wonderful is born.

Painting: "A Bouquet of Peonies and Tulips" by Comtesse D`Aubigny D`Afoy