Where things used to be.

Having lived in Pittsburgh for nearly a decade now, I’ve learned that directions are often given based on where things used to be. And we’ve been here long enough that a few things are no longer there.

Which got me thinking: if I were to look back on my life and draw a map of how I got here, would I give directions based on where things still are, or where they used to be?

Would I say “and I took a right at Baylor, and drove through Chicago?”

Or that I turned left at where my insecurity used to be, and that’s where my bias used to take up a whole city block.

And that’s where I left fear behind.