Concept: Taking Risks

This guy told me that you should just say the things that are on your mind. We live in this constant state of inhibition for fear of the way that people may or may not respond. And I tell everyone but the guy that I like that I like him, and everyone but the girl that I’m mad at that I’m mad at her and that gets me nowhere.

It’s terrifying to think about bearing your soul to people.  Today, through a long discussion, I learned that I am absolutely terrified of being rejected. When people have hurt me, I just LET them hurt me because that’s so much easier then them leaving me.

It’s so easy to say, “I deserve better.” It’s so easy to know that you are of value. However, it’s not easy to implement such feelings. It’s not easy to think that someone wonderful will like you back because you’re wonderful. It’s so much easier to believe that you are just not good enough.

I’m trying very hard to tell people how I feel. At minimum, I’m starting with honesty. No, I may not be ready to march up to a boy and profess that I think he’s absolutely adorable. But when someone asks me how I feel,  I can tell them.  

I feel happy.

I feel overwhelmed.

I feel scared.

Start telling people how
you feel. When people look back on their lives, I’ve never heard anybody say,

“I regret asking out the beautiful girl,”
or
“I regret standing up for myself against that person.” It’s the opposite. You only regret what you don’t do and don’t say.

Rejection terrifies me. And that’s okay. I love that. I love that rejection terrifies me because I know why it terrifies me. My ex boyfriends rejected me. My old friends rejected me. Boys reject me. Girls reject me. And I love that because that makes me who I am today and I am proud of who I am today.  

The whole point of this post was that it’s okay to be scared. It’s okay to be unsure or unhappy or not be able to tell people how you feel. But start with honesty, and see where it takes you. And take a small chance every day, and then when you finally risk something big it will be worth every second.

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