One of the hardest things I’ve had to face in this journey is how I sometimes feel like I lost my way when I didn’t. I was blindly following the satisfaction of people who thrive on other’s ignorance and gullible natures, and they consider the slightest idea of breaking that chain a threat.

Never mind that they’ve been the real threat this entire time.   

Now I’m continuing a season of rediscovery. Wondering what, of all the things I’ve excelled at, is going to be key in being successful? What’s going to free me from this world of parental co-dependency?

Is it my words? My voice? My creativity in using both, and more?

Listening to secular and non-secular speakers gets me thinking a lot about the possibilities. But there is one constant that appears in any of them, including acting.

I want to help people learn that there’s not only strength in their personal stories, but reasons to share them. Even if you must do it under an alias, do it. So long as you’re getting out what doesn’t deserve to be in you anymore, saving yourself is the best first step you can take.  

I can’t tell you how many pages of material I’ve written to get to this point, but I wouldn’t trade any of it for the illusion of comfort that I had been liking and subscribing to for decades.