NoChangeSpared

I did my best to live in the projects of their projections. Because I desperately wanted to keep these people, who convinced me of their importance, in my life. I believed them when their actions suggested that they knew more about what was best for me than I did. And I believed them when their words suggested that I should learn my place in their lives, by staying fitted in that position…until they gave me more wiggle room. The more I grew emotionally, the smaller that space I was given in their lives appeared to be. And eventually…I had to change positions. This change forced me to tell the truth…unapologetically. I was guided to start with my own truth first. I did this privately. The discomfort of those truths was so overwhelming, that it forced me to publicly drag everyone else’s truth in.