The Not So Secret, Secret

My words of "wisdom" to the 19 year old young lady in my life; who despite the desire to connect with others, she just can't let herself trust: 

"I'm going to let you in on a little secret, Every single human being that has ever walked the earth, or that ever will walk the earth is stark raving mad!  Some people are just better at hiding it than others. 

So many of us deserve an Academy award for our performances of not only trying to convince others, but ourselves of our sanity.  But the truth of the matter is, being honest with ourselves and with others by just being ourselves and trusting that the right person will come along and just, "get it", would save ourselves a lot of pain and heartache. 

In the meantime, start out "acting" like the person you want to be just for an hour a day.  Gradually add on more time over the next weeks and months... and maybe, just maybe you'll wake up one day to find yourself living that life.  We're all so busy thinking we have this huge secret of being totally crazy, and if anyone found out about it... we'd spend the rest of our lives alone.  The sooner we realize that craziness is just part of the human condition... the sooner we will be happy and comfortable in our own skin!"


I only call these words wisdom, because I think a light bulb went off in her head.  She managed to stop fighting herself (and me) for just a moment to hear me; and she smiled, her eyes lit up for that second in time and she felt hope.  But, (there's always a but) her demons snapped her to... and we had to run through the million of excuses WE ALL waste too much time on.