A Glimpse

Like a lot of folx, I am not a stoic human being nor do I strive to be. I consider vulnerability a strength, yet I battle with being vulnerable given the old scripts I was taught. I see how we often use our most vulnerable moments against each other, which is why being seen or known can be so scary. Anonymity is much more appealing to me, but it's not great when we have a lot to say and seek to earnestly engage with others or when we need to be in the limelight in order to professionally thrive. 

 

I'm a storyteller by trade and believe that more of us need to tell our stories. I like to talk about the hard stuff and believe open and honest dialogue is essential to resolving many of our personal and collective problems. But I’m also of a generation and background that’s not media trained or well primed to comfortably exist in these viral times; so, I often shy away from sharing more publicly. Even though I embrace technology, I’m also terrified of the rapidly-changing nature of it all and our growing need to be plugged-in in order to more broadly participate in society.

 

Well, now in 'midlife' I may finally be ready to get out of my own way. Starting today, I'm pushing myself to do what I haven't yet dared to do in search of the one feeling that eludes me - the feeling of belonging.

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I feel A LOT, you see, and I'd like to not be afraid of or weighed down by my emotional depth and range anymore. I often feel the hurt of the world more profoundly than I’d like to; yes, my heart is regularly breaking. I suppose that's what happens when you keep your heart open. But open is the only way to be if you ask me; it's how I get to more fully experience the infinite love that envelopes our planet. It's true and I want more of that love in 2022!

 

And so, in the spirit of LOVE and camaraderie, I'm here to share my take on some of life's confounding mysteries and specifically to process all the feels I feel about all the things related to identity, culture, and the divine.

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Thank you for joining me on this leg of my journey to self acceptance! Blessings to you and yours, my dear sibs!