Yesterday evening, I was watching Star Trek: Voyager.

It was the episode where Kes was transforming. The words she spoke to Captain Janeway on why she needed to leave the ship resonated with me in such a powerful way. I may have seen that episode twice before, but it was in this moment that her words grabbed me.

Kes said:

Something important is happening to me, and I want to explore it. I can’t stay here any longer. I’m going though a transformation. I don’t know how or why, but every cell in my body is telling me that I’m changing into something more.”