11:33pm November 30, 2011

“I had to free myself from the fear of rejection from the person I loved and dare to be fully and wholly myself. I reminded myself that I was always attracted to strong personalities and people who didn’t compromise themselves. I gathered up my courage yet again and became the person I wanted to be.”

Evan Anderson, “It Wasn’t All Sunshine and Rainbows”

Someone told me something like this recently: That one consequence of standing up for myself more would be more respect even from my friends. And somehow that helped me motivate myself to try and have more of the self-respect it takes to do that. (Anyone who knows me well knows my self-respect is shockingly low.)

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