Doubt creeps and lingers...

I've been back and forth with whether I should begin this blog. How do I know it won't help me by writing about what I've gone through? How do I know it won't help someone else to read it and know they're not alone? What if someone I know reads it and doesn't appreciate what I wrote? And just because "sometimes the truth hurts," doesn't necessarily mean it should be spoken, you know? What ultimately was the deciding factor? Well... attempting to get back out there. And I don't mean that in the sense of go back out and start dating. I mean that in the sense of getting back out there and just trying to make friends... get to know people... Let me tell you how that went.......

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