God, yes Jeff Brown, yes. Read it & read it again. 

It's so hard, life. We all have our problems & hurdles. But the beauty is that we can revel in it, embrace it & acknowledge it as part of what makes us who we are today. 

We also need to embrace the truth and stop hiding from ourselves & others. Unexpressed feelings both positive & negative are just poison to the soul. The soul of yourself & the ones that need & deserve your truth, it's not fair to hide it. Express yourself with love, they can take it so let them. You are not a burden & you owe it to yourself & others to be truthful. For the sake of happiness & more importantly peace. 

Most people are so confused, afraid and lost because of their feelings, but all you need to do is be honest about them. Write them down if you need to arrange it, then share them with whoever you feel needs to hear it. Face to face, calls, letters, show real effort, respect & heart. Don't push it down. Don't break yourself. Don't break others. Don't repress your emotions.  Don't hold back. It's that simple (don't laugh, it is quite simple if you'd only stop psyching yourself up with far fetched scenarios of things going terribly wrong because you were honest & making a habit of internalising everything). Opening up & being honest about your feelings is liberating so don't be scared. Be excited to have a taste of freedom, free yourself from your cage that you've built around yourself & your heart instead & who knows... Maybe you'll end up with great people to share that freedom with too! ;-)

You'll only lose if you hold back. 

The broken ones hold the most strength & my dear, we're all a little bit fucked. So take your strengths & your lessons and you own them. 

-Deedee 

Xxx

PS- I've got an essay due in tomorrow that I need to work on... Good vibes would appreciated!

I hate that I always leave things...