I’m noticing there are a lot of people are having a hard time understanding why I blog. So here is my attempt at an explanation:
The short answer:
It’s a good outlet.
The not-so-short version:
My blogs consists of my personal experiences and how I feel about them. I don’t use names unless I am bragging on you or quoting you in a positive light, and I know it’s okay to use a name. I don’t use names because it’s not about anyone else. It’s about me. My version of the experience and how it affected me. By sharing it with all of you, I am putting it out there to say that what I am feeling and what I am experiencing is okay. It’s okay to be frustrated, it’s okay to be happy, it’s okay to be angry, it’s okay to be quirky, it’s okay to cry, it’s okay to act like a complete nerd. I do apologize if anyone has ever been hurt or offended, but I will not apologize for what I’ve felt and what I’ve been through. It’s made me who I am, and I like who I am. Wether you do or wether you don’t, it’s not going to change me. The only one who can change me is me. If I see something in me that is legitimately hurting someone else, I will take what steps I can to fix it, that is if it is something within me to fix. I am, by nature a healer. I don’t mean to hurt, offend or tear down anyone. As far as I can tell, I don’t think I do.
There is more blessing in it than there has ever been negative feedback. Your compliments on my writing mean more to me than any of you will ever know. It has inspired me to keep going, and continues to reassure me that there is something that I am good at. Some of you have expressed that you have been touched by my writing and you can relate to what I have gone through. I’ve learned I’m not alone. I celebrate with all of you, I laugh with all of you, I cry with all of you, I rant with all of you. That is what makes it such a great outlet. Knowing that someone somewhere hears me. Knowing that somehow, maybe even in a small way, I am making a difference in someone’s life.
That’s what I want to do with my life, make a difference. Help people. To open myself up to others I have to be open and vulnerable myself, hence putting myself out there for everyone to see. It teaches me to better love and be loved.
The truest version of you is the best version of you. People can always tell when you’re trying to be someone your not, and the person you are trying to be is not as beautiful and interesting as the person you really are. Being like everyone else is boring. Light up the world by being you. Who cares if people think you’re weird. What people think of you should never trump being happy and content with who you are.
I am content with who I am and what I’ve had to go through to get here.
........And that is why I blog :)
