Do You

Do your thing because if you don't, you wouldn't be you.

There are some things I do that few people see.  Some of the things I do, I don't let anyone see.  I do them because they are me.  I do them because I have to.  I don't have to because someone is making me, I do them because these things make me who I am.

One example is my writing.  I began filling journals and notebooks with thoughts and happenings when I was 17.  Today, I have filled over 31 different books.  If you read these blogs, you get a small sliver of some of those thoughts.  Most of them are still between the pages.  I write in those books for me.  I write to organize my thoughts, to sort through situations, to come to terms with my life, and to discover how to best be me.  I write for me.

I also have quiet moments with a cup of coffee (or 2 or 3).  I love sitting by the fire in the winter.  I like being outside.  All these things help me.  All these things bring my soul peace so that I am useful to everyone else.

You have something that you do that strengthens you and feeds you.  You have something you have to do to be whole and sometimes even sane.  Whatever that is, do it.