youtube.com/... The first time I heard Born This Way live. This performance is so bittersweet to me and sharing it is scary but due to it being the anniversary of a song and performance that changed my life this was a night I stupidly almost overdosed really a near death experience. I had been tormented all day and night before the show I had been on a rampage against my own body physically and mentally and without thinking took a lot of drugs and nearly fainted during every performance and then this moment hit and took place and its almost the only thing i can remember from that night when she explained those ruby slippers and how what means everything is this kingdom is this journey of struggles we go through but we all get our ruby slippers our own symbolic meaning of life in general and what means the most to you at the end of the day stripped down to your most vulnerable the importance of being who you are and honoring your passions honoring the root of your core who you are and knowing that you CAN go through ultimate lows and still have that fucking burning potential to conquer and reach your goals you never thought you could even get a glimpse of you can do it you can pray to your ultimate powers whether it be a specific God or your own energies, you were Born to survive and I fucking promise you with everything in me that you have the strength to run all those torments right the fuck down and find your own personal Ruby slippers, as for me it has been all of you and this move of passion alone. ”My mama said to me when I was young someday those ruby slippers will be yours, she rolled my hair and put my lipstick on she said don’t cry baby…*anymore*.” [[fist]] [[fist]] [[lm.bornthisway]] [[lm.cross]] [[lm.btwgirl]] [[lm.omg]] [[lm.pawsup]] #littlemonsters #littlemonsterhelp #recovery #addiction #love #support #bornthisway #help #kindness #compassion