Every Day...REAL

Day 4 - May 4

I am REAL. Yes, I am a pixie and often considered fictional or a figment of imagination, but I'm real. *wry smile* Actually, what I meant is that I try not to sugar-coat my existence. Life is full of ups and downs; I have my own battle with dysthymia. I often feel like a very negative person when I don't mean to be...but it is all very REAL. There is no "right" or "wrong" to feelings! Maybe my feelings to match up perfectly with my logic (or vice versa!), but it is how I'm feeling in the moment.

Sometimes I worry about how people will interpret what I've written...or how the people I am close with will react to what I have to say. Sometimes I have been tempted to edit my entry because of this...sometimes I have given in to that pressure. But even that is part of being REAL. I try to keep Dr. Suess' quote in my every day...

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”