The two most important days in a person’s life are the day they are born, and the day they find out why. Everyone is born, but not everyone truly lives.
Not everyone writes their unique story, and not everyone knows their why. That why, which determines the life game we will be a part of, fully loyal to
its rules. But what if loyalty to these rules takes away the true essence of our life? Then we are not in the right game! We don’t know our why, we don’t
know ourselves, and we don’t act in alignment with our unique identity. We are just players in a pre-lost game. A game whose participation we don’t have
to accept.
My neXt Version 2.0
MXV 2.0 is the absolute most important project of my life, whose beginning dates back to the time when I discovered my why. Why I am, who I am, who I
(no longer) am... Until then, I was just a sophisticated version, a product of the surroundings, of society. A version that reacted to external changes
and ignored its inner calling. I was like an actor, whose main role was a character named Michal Maslík. A name that never belonged to anyone and meant
nothing. A name marked by a curse. Whoever wears it is condemned to a painful life of someone who suppresses themselves, their inner feelings, emotions,
thoughts, opinions, desires, struggles, and joys; someone without trust, respect, or recognition for themselves; someone shrouded by the shadow of fear of
judgments from others.
And I was an excellent actor for this role, for this script written by someone else. So much so that I became this character trapped in this cursed script
in my own body, without even realizing it. This soulless fulfillment of lines and acts, this blind following of the rules of the game, led me into the
darkness of illusions, lies, and deceit. I was never truly myself, never my true, unique, fully authentic version, version 2.0. My next version 2.0, which
is no longer consumed by this darkness, this script, these rules. I no longer want to be an actor in this adaptation, nor a player in this game.
I just want to be myself.
New Direction
Anyone who knew me well as the old version 1.0 noticed my transformation with surprise and questions, thinking that this is not me. Me, who has something
to share, to say, to offer, to experience. The opposite is true. This is really me. These lines are my testimony, my witness that my past was one big lie.
A past that I do not deny, but accept. And revealing its darkest corners and hard-to-accept truths is the foundation of MXV 2.0.
The difference between versions 1.0 and 2.0 is colossal. So impressive that I am writing about it to an audience that, first and foremost, is me.
Why? Because this is me. Me, who after so many long years of denying myself wants to express myself, break free from the shadow of my old personality,
be a unique part of the world, and last but not least - live. All of these words, however, are publicly available because I fully identify with
everything I’ve written, and I no longer feel the need to defend or fear their revelation to the world. That would completely contradict and reject
my authentic life, my new version - MXV 2.0.
Conclusion
The number of unspoken words, unperformed acts, and unfulfilled desires is too vast, which is why these are not the last lines. The MXV 2.0 project is
complex, because it is my life, a new life. My strong passion to say everything must now take a step back and make room for words of gratitude. Thank you
to everyone who has impacted my life in any way, especially my family and friends, and to all those who read until the end.Michal Maslík
