WHY I BLOG

            So people may wonder why I blog and the short answer is that I like to help people.  I figured that through this blog I hope that you can find something you can relate to whether you have a gay brother, a homophobic parent or just searching for inspiration.  I figured that the best way to get my point across through this blog was to reflect on personal thoughts and experiences and quite frankly, writing has helped me too.

            Before I came out, I would have trouble sleeping at night because there were so many things racing through my mind.  I would toss and turn for hours will my mind would be wrapped around so many thoughts.  But this blog has given me an outlet; a way to express the real me and all of my thoughts so I can finally sleep at night.  I have been silenced for so long and I feel like I could write novels on the things that I have to say.  So this is my start of those novels and I am glad that you are reading these in the hopes that you too can be inspired.

            Recently, I talked to my sister and she told me that one of her college roommates has started to read my blog and has become inspired by it.  This was one of the greatest feelings that I’ve had in a while.  Knowing that I am making a difference to someone only helps to further encourage me to write.  They say that in teaching you will learn.  I always found this to be a funny expression because how can a teacher teach without knowing everything?  However I feel like I have found my answer.  In this blog, I am the teacher and you, the reader, are my student.  I give you lessons about acceptance, tolerance and overcoming my struggles in hopes to inspire you.  However, one of you has inspired me.  I have learned from this that my stories really can help other people because you care enough about my stories to read them and hopefully act upon them. 

            So the take home message from this story is that you should always tell people about the positive aspects about them.  Tell a you friend that she looks beautiful today, tell your best friend that there is no one else in the world that he would rather spend his Saturday night with, tell your mother that you are appreciative of all the work she did to raise you and tell your teachers that they have challenged you and inspired you.  You never know where inspiration can come from.  Sometimes it comes in the form of a beautiful landscape, witnessing a random act of kindness, reading a biography of a war hero or in hearing that you have changed someone’s life.  So if this blog has inspired you, let me know.  Comment below, text, Facebook message, call, email or even tell me in person, because I have already taken the first step in telling you, that you inspire me.