Dear Anonymous

Sometimes, we have to use the stones thrown by others to lay our foundation.  Sadly, people generally want to see you fail.  They are waiting, with popcorn, to watch as you perish so they can feel better about themselves.  Good people want you to succeed, great people help you succeed.  Unfortunately, there are also the people who want to bring you to your knees.  Don’t let them.

I spend each day trying to be better than yesterday.  I write for me.  Years of therapy taught me how helpful this is, although some might like to make claims that this is a cry for attention.  Accepting my past, that was hard.  Understanding it, that was even harder.  But speaking out about it, well this has proven hardest.  Attention, there is none of that here.  I have spared every last detail for my own comfort.  The truth is, what happened to me, that monster, I was not the first victim… but I was the last.  And so, I have learned that speaking out, IT IS what you do because IT IS the right thing to do.  And that, has nothing to do with attention.

And so….

Dear Anonymous, yes you, my little comment junkie.  While you stand faceless in the crowd, I am watching, from higher heights,  the one I have climbed to by overcoming the hardest thing I have ever faced.  And while you are biting at my ankles and the ankles of others to satiate your hunger for self righteousness, I will keep climbing.  Your opinion, it does not matter to me.  If it did, I would ask for it.  But thank you for offering it anyway.  And thanks for reading!!!!! I like that, like me, you have so much to say.  Next time, attach your name to it, because, after all, there is no power in anonymity and any satisfaction you may be feeling is undeserved and also unfounded.

There are many types of people in the world.  Those that stand alone, or together in groups, seeking betterment.  Those standing in bigger groups, battling complacency.  And those, ducking behind the crowds, trying to bring others to their knees to make themselves taller.  Help those around you rise, and you will rise too.  And, when the world allows you to blend in with the crowd and remain anonymous, dare to be brave and make the world know your name.