ENERGY

Hours disappear into the phone.

A young man can lose a whole day and never once choose to.

This is happening to a generation right now.

Create is the other side.

One task, full focus, something real when he is done.

Smoking gives a quick lift.

Then it takes back more than it gave.

Running gives a slower lift.

It hurts at the start.

Then the body makes its own power.

One kind of energy is borrowed.

The other is built.

Loading the screen feels like rest.

It is not.

The input never stops, and the mind stays full.

Being is the opposite.

Step outside.

Let the noise fall away.

The body settles, the mind clears, and the energy comes back on its own.

A drink can numb the moment, and used well it can be fun.

But when it becomes the escape, it takes back more than it gave.

Cold water gives you the same rush without the harm.

The same lift.

A clear head after, not a heavy one.

Validation is the mirror check.

The need to look right, and to be seen as right.

It never feels like enough, because approval always runs out.

Mastery does not need the room.

Put him in a dirty garage or an open field, and he is the same man.

Steady on the inside, whatever is outside.

That peace is his, and no one can take it.