Maybe…
Maybe if I am good enough, they will love me?
Maybe if I am smart enough, they will hear me?
Maybe if I am funny enough, they will laugh WITH me?
Maybe if I am productive enough, they will keep me?
Maybe if I am manly enough, they will stop mocking me?
Maybe if I am thin enough, they will want me?
Maybe if I am creative enough, they will welcome me?
Maybe if I am queer enough, they will embrace me?
Maybe if I am enough?
Maybe if
Maybe
-John 'Taz' Herrman
Aren’t the stories we tell ourselves often cruel? About the time I think I’ve accepted and integrated that shadow, that wounded part of me, the doubt creeps back.