it truly does get better.
Five years ago I DM’d a stranger on Instagram on #NationalComingOutDay. Part of the message said “i’m at loss with being my true self and keeping it to myself. i hope i can live so free and happy with it in the future without the fear. i want to be myself. and maybe this is the start.” That was 10.12.2018.
And here I am 5 years later: a proud lesbian, have my dream job, living with my partner. Yesterday I was thinking about how proud of me my younger self would be. I had a conversation with her about how all her hardwork will pay off in the future and she will feel so blessed. How she will find a partner who frees and loves her inner child in the way she deserves.
Take a moment to appreciate how far you’ve come.
To be honest I didn't feel like writing this today. So much pain and hurt in the world. The last month I’ve had to fight so much for the equality of the LGBTQ+ community. There are people in the world who will always try to put down and destroy what they don’t understand BUT thats because they don’t understand themselves.
No matter how I’m feeling - this story, especially today, needs to be told. That it truly does get better. That this phrase you always hear is actually true. It’s important for those of us in the community that are safe and in a good place to share our stories and speak them loudly. I wish I could have seen someone like me as a kid. Sometimes it makes me sad to think about how I could have been ‘me’ so much sooner if only I knew. if only i’ve seen our community represented in the world as a kid.
“When you are born in a world you don’t fit in; it’s because you were born to help create a new one.”
If you’re feeling lost, feel like it’s impossible to be yourself, that the world won’t accept you - I’m here to tell you that there is a huge community of people waiting for you when you’re ready. The world is better with you in it and you being yourself saves lives.
How beautiful it is to be different. To be able to be free and not be constricted to what society what’s you to be. How beautiful it is to be masculine and femine. How beautiful it is to love the same sex. How beautiful it is to be authentically YOU.