today I did something that scared me.
it will probably seem insignificant to many, but still, I did it.
steeling myself up to pick up the phone, I kept telling myself not to feel scared, that I've faced scarier phone conversations before and survived, that there wasn't anything to be afraid of.
even now my fingers still tremble a little.
I'm trying, honestly.
but it's so hard, and I'm so tired.
it feels like I'm trying to claw my way up a slippery slope, you think you're making progress but suddenly, inconceivably, you slip up and down you go again.
is this my new normal?
please no.

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