The Truth Within.

Tracy Ly
The Dreaming Tree
Published in
4 min readSep 3, 2024

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Welcome to my diary of the universe within.

Have you ever made love to yourself?

Not the way your fingers touch your body,

But the way your body rhymes with the energy within,

The way your body dances with the song your heart sings,

The way your body sings along,

The way your body reacts to every note of the symphony,

As if each note were a gentle whisper guiding your every move,

And every movement of the body is a reflection of an unspoken dialogue,

A seamless harmony where every beat and breath are perfectly aligned,

Where your mind, heart, and body become one,

And from there the energy expands,

To the wind, to the tree, to the cloud,

Where the song within merges with the universal sound,

And every movement becomes a ripple in the vast ocean of existence,

Blending your essence with the symphony of life itself.

Have you ever learned to make love to yourself?

Not the way your fingers touch your body,

But the way that your body, mind and heart become one.

I took a break to myself, to come home to myself. For the last couple of weeks, I let myself feel every emotion I feel at the moment.

if something makes me angry, I will let myself feel angry,

if something makes me sad, I will let myself cry — I watched Sailor Moon yesterday and cried at least once in every episode, there was nothing wrong with the series, but there was a lot of repressed sadness within myself. I watched Sailor Moon but I cried for myself, for the way I might have misbehaved, for the past mistakes that I could never change, for all the times I let myself be mistreated, for all the decisions that devalued my worth. I cried for myself.

For the last couple of weeks, I did not write anything, but it did not make me less than the creator that I am, because I’m always the creator of my journey, of my thoughts, of my emotions, I’m the creator of my life.

I hope you know that if there is a period in your life that you want to slow down, you will allow yourself to slow down, without any judgments, without any guilts, without any shames, because slowing down does not mean you are falling behind, just as running aimlessly does not mean you are moving forward.

We often think that we have to move fast because we are afraid that we are running out of time, why do we think that we are running out of time? Because we compare our journeys to others.

What if you know that there is an infinite abundance out there, and everyone will have their own place in the world, at their own time?

But the only question that lingers on my mind recently,

What is the truth within?

What is it that makes me truly happy?

Is it the thing that people think I should have: a perfect relationship, a perfect marriage, or an exceptional career that proves my worth.

I hope you know that your life does not have to consist of anything that people think matters.

What is your truth within?

We take all the roads in life, travel to different cities, and countries, and work at countless places, only to find the road that leads us back to the truth within, only to answer the question within,

Who am I?

Who am I? without all of my accomplishments, without all society expectations, without all identities that people think of me? Who am I?

In the quiet moments of reflection, beyond the layers of roles and titles, we discover a core that is unchanging, a simple essence that exists apart from the noise.
It is here, in the stillness, where we find the answer,
not in the things we do or the labels we wear, but in the pure, unadorned self that simply is.

We read all the books, watch all the movies, listen to all the songs, only to find a way to listen to the song within, the song that your heart sings.

There might be billions of people out there, but none of them could touch you the way you touch yourself.

None of them could touch you as deeply as you touch yourself.

You might think the treasures are out there, but the most valuable treasure is the one within.

The truth within.

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Tracy Ly
The Dreaming Tree

World Championship Day-dreamer who turns thoughts into words, from the mind to the heart 💛