Voices
“There are crazy people out there...people don't need to know everything about you. It’s time to just let it all go. You’re forty-six and nothing will change the questions you are asking yourself today about yesterday.” Her direct message surprised me. Ironically, it followed minutes after a direct message from a friend who wrote, “Keep sharing - your words are helping others walk this same path.” Two vastly opposite messages, yet my heart latched onto the negative of the two. Hours later, I was in a dark place, questioning my writing and even my calling in life. I wanted to help people. I wanted to use my story for good. I wanted to inspire others who were facing similar rejection and confusion. Maybe I was just beating a dead horse? Maybe I was just trying to get attention? What was my problem? I felt pathetic for seeking out validation in social media likes. Maybe I needed to get over myself. I had been derailed. I felt stuck. My heart was deluged in a flood of