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Isherwood  ·  3368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you start your journey through life?

I listened.

For a long time I thought I knew what I wanted and I shouted it at the top of my lungs. After that wore me ragged, I stopped telling people who I thought I was and just sat and listened. I think my family thought I burnt out, but deep inside I was alive as ever and I listened to everything and everyone.

One day, when someone spoke I felt compelled to reply. We started the first real conversation I had in years and they told me I should go talk to a friend of theirs. I listened there too, until I was compelled to speak and they told me to talk to someone else. I did this again and again for about a year and now I'm here and happy.