Of All the Lives I've Lived, This Is My Favorite

It's exhausting working to be the ideal version of yourself, but not realizing   that person already exists inside you.  For the early part of Lotus' life, she worked hard to be the obedient, acquiescing daughter, the giving sister, the ambitious yet conforming public servant, the devout Bible thumping Christian. But as Lotus pursued the perfect version of these identities, she got further away from the person who made her the most proud, seen, and whole - herself.  In  Of Al