We All Have Our Places

Where do you go when you need to get away? When you need to vent? Is it to your parents? Your best friend? Just a friend? Do you go find a quiet place somewhere, or do you go to some highly populated space so you can be lost in the crowd? Do you search music or books for answers?

I have a lot of questions. I do not expect answers. 

This all stemmed from a conversation from a very dear friend of mine earlier this evening about my previous post. After reading his post, which was a small window into his soul, I did a lot of thinking. That seems to be the trend these days, along with writing a lot. I find myself more inspired by the small things. All that being said, what inspired me for this post, was my friend, as well as our conversation.

"We all need an outlet my dear"

I think that is a fundamental principle of being human. Nobody can carry the weight of their whole life on their own, in their own little bubble. It simply is not possible. I used to be the kind of person who would bottle up everything, all the emotions, thoughts...I couldn't, or wouldn't let myself trust anybody enough to share my world. That's the price we pay for taking risks. Now (after more than one breakdown), I realize that having an outlet where I can vent whatever is important to me at any given time, and that's where this blog comes in.

My writing is not the best, my ideas are scattered all over. I will probably read this over later today and wonder what the heck I was thinking, but the point is to get stuff out so I can sort through it better and not just have it spinning around in my brain...so in theory, the flow really shouldn't matter...

What I'm really trying to get at in all of this is that everybody needs somewhere that they can get away, do some thinking. Everybody needs people that they can talk to, people they trust.*** Everybody needs something that takes them to that "special place" where everything feels right. So what fills that quota for you?

***I would like to give a special shout out to C. I guess this is really the third time or something in this post...but this is my formal thanks. He's been a pretty solid rock in my life since a very young age and that means the world to me. I think he's amazing, though he may not agree, and I love him very much. Thank you for being there.