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cascadianights · 1 year

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I am so desperately Afraid all of the time that I erase most of what I have to say shortly after I say it, and, in doing so to run from the people who are Not taking meaning from my words, I've only now realized I take away that opportunity for all the people who Do

#seems obvious but i was so focused on heres all the ways people will disagree and attack #that i was overlooking why I use my words in the first place #i want people to feel heard and seen and i want people to see a new way of looking at things #i want to explore nuance and what we lose when we forget that and just parrot lines back and forth #i want to make space for people who live in the grey spaces and the beginnings of journeys #and speak in a way that maybe someday will get through to those w good hearts and bad praxis #and i get SO LOST in fear #so lost in what people might say or misinterpret and misconstrue my words or every worst case scenario #that its easy to run and take away my own voice #and that is SPECIFICALLY what im trying to challenge in myself here #and yknow what sometimes i get flack but if i leave that post up sometimes 3 times that number find meaning there #note to self: write to the people who need to hear it #who are willing to and able to listen #the ones who purposefully or otherwise misinterpret or misconstrue or attack are not Your Audience #so stop reacting only to them????

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