Can I be honest with you?
For a long while now I’ve felt like I was in a box. If I step to the right, I get in trouble. Step to the left, I get in trouble. I dare not step up or down….trouble. No matter WHAT I say, I get in trouble. Whatever I say, I offend SOMEone. So I go through my posts and edit them, re-reading and editing them for literally everyone in my life…like 10 different times.
What ends up happening is that the final blog post is nothing like I intended it to be.
It’s no longer my heart on a post, it’s been edited the heck out of. My voice is lost, the message is lost, my heart is lost.
It’s like I’m caged. People try to put me in a box. They try to cage me.
I want to stand up and scream, “ENOUGH!!!!!!”
Enough already.
Being the rebel-at-heart that I am, I’m just not going to let people pigeon-hole me. I need to center myself, find that voice again, and stop worrying about whatever trouble I get in, for saying whatever.
The truth is, people can read anything into anything.
But I’ve been in the box for so long, I didn’t know how to get out. I was all in my own head, over-thinking everything, instead of just simply letting the words pour out of me…like I used to write.
This week, I took a long vacation, that stretched through 3 different states and like a gazillion cities in between.
I’d like you to come along with me. After all, this blog is for you! YOU’RE the reason I write, not them! Will you come along with me and help me get out of my own head? Where I’m just back to writing for joy and to help others, not worrying about if I’ll get in trouble for saying this or that.
Because the truth is…they think they are caging a bird, a sweet little wounded bird. But, I’m not a bird. I’m a lion. And I’m ready to ROAR my way right out of that cage.
So watch closely because I’m done playing by their rules. I’m gonna make MY OWN!
Tomorrow I’ll be taking you to Bend, Oregon….one of the most beautiful places on Earth! Get ready!