It's Okay to Feel Your Feelings.

Hey ya'll. So it's been a few years since I blogged last. Yeah. Years. Unacceptable. I won't bother trying to catch up on what's been happening in my life since. There's too much. But in all those happenings, I've learning a few somethings. First and foremost, though, I learned - the hard way, just like I learn most things - that it is okay to feel the way you feel. You don't have to explain your feelings to anyone, you don't owe them an explanation of why you feel the way you do. They're not in your brain, or in your heart. Why should they have a right to an explanation? I am an introvert. This may not be news. But it is the truth. And as part of this inconvenient truth about my personality, there are little quirks about my brain that I haven't quite figured out yet. If I can't figure it out, what makes you think that I can verbalize it to you? What makes you so special that I should have to try to do that for you? Bear in mind that this is not directed to anyone in particular. These are thoughts and feelings that have been stirring around in my quirky brain for quite awhile, and I have done myself the disservice of not verbalizing them. Well, I may not have quite the level of anonymity necessary for this type of musing by posting it on my (semi) public blog, but it'll do. Who knows, maybe someone else is feeling this way, too. You're not alone in your feelings. And I hope I'm not either.