Put a finger up if you have ever wanted to tell a story.
Put a finger up if you have ever had a secret... praying it stays hidden because you feel genuine shame for it.
Put a finger up if there are metaphorical skeletons in your closet... skeletons so dusty that you barely recall the foggy details. That's a funny little thing about mental health and all its intricacies, I guess.
Put a finger up if the memory of those skeletons is so dusty because your brain did it for you. Thank your brain... it probably did you a favor all for the sake of your sanity.
Put a finger up if you've ever felt selfish because, for once, you needed to talk about yourself. But... not because you're legitimately selfish.
Put a finger up if you've ever wanted someone to listen.
That's it.
Just someone to genuinely listen to what you've kept bottled up inside all this time. Whether screaming it or telling it, just to know you're not alone, and someone cares enough to hear you.
Now, put a finger up if you've ever once in your life been told, "Be you." I'd reckon a decent number of individuals have been told the most cliché of things we were taught growing up in some capacity, "Be you. Just... be you."
For as long as I can recall, among many other things, I have always wanted to be a writer, but I always struggled to find my writing style. I even have five books on different platforms self-published under my real name. I won't tell you that information, as I am somewhat embarrassed by them and find them Cringe Fest-worthy. Feedback consisting of my overuse of run-on sentences was copious. I over-explained, gave way too many details, rambled relentlessly, and just, overall sucked. It took me a while to find my footing with it, and even after I somewhat did on my most recently released book... I still struggled. I just remember thinking, "I write how I talk... very scatterbrained. I just want to tell a story, tell it the way I want to tell it, and just hope it resonates with anyone who might be hearing it exactly when they need to."
So, here's the deal... I'm just gonna set this here. I'm gonna tell my story, just to tell it.
Those who would like to come along and join me on that journey, I'll be glad to have you along for the ride. Because if you can relate to my chaos... we'll get along great. I'm curious to see if we're as alone as we truly think we are.
At the end of the day just... be you, be kind, be human.
Be you, being a kind human...
...you know what I mean.