All you need is twenty seconds of insane embarrassing bravery. - We Bought A Zoo movie
My mental illness cannot tell me what I can or cannot do. If I let it have that kind of power over me, it would be like I'm saying I'm defeated before I even started.
I like to try new things but with my mental illness diagnosis, I often let fear and it's companion guilt, into telling me if I can or can't do something.
I was a very shy child. I spent more time with my nose in a book or working on some sort of art that my adolescent years came and went without me really noticing.
I don't think I'll fully grow out of the shyness, but I know I've come a long way towards being brave. Twenty seconds of insane bravery. What does that look like? I remember the most recent brave thing to do was to tell my best guy friend that I was in love with him. That took guts! Although it didn't end well, at least I know that I had a brief moment. I can list the things that I did bravely. I could tell you stories of bravery and failure. But I won't. Because you have your own story of bravery to live out. So take a chance and twenty seconds and be brave.
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