Bottled Up

Dear World...

There are a lot of emotions inside of me. They are all bottled up. Mostly because I don't have someone to share them with. Also because, and this is true, the people I do have that I could talk with don't want to hear some of the things I need to get out. So, if I suddenly explode in a mass of mangled up emotions, please bear with me. I'm working on it. I'm working through it. I'm smiling and finding joy. But there still is that part of me that longs to just spill my guts to someone who wants to listen to what I have to say.

Why is it so hard for us as human beings to listen to one another. To REALLY listen to what people are saying. To try to understand where they are coming from and what they are trying to get across. So often we hear only words and don't listen for the emotion attached to them. Or we chose to focus only on ourselves and not on others. My goal is to truly listen. To be the kind of person that you could talk to, the kind of person whose shoulder you can cry on. I can't give advice...I can't. But I can listen, sympathize, and then tell you a joke and make you laugh.

Have you ever noticed that laughing can make anything better. Oh, not all the way better, mind you, but it can take a hard day or a difficult situation and make it bearable. It can help you notice your blessings instead of your trials. So please, don't forget to laugh.

See...I told you I've been keeping things bottled up...