I Know Someone.
I know someone.
I know someone who is clinically bipolar. Someone who battles everyday for “normalcy”, for happiness, for the pain to stop. Someone who is perceived as unnecessarily angry by others and as a failure to themselves. Someone who wants nothing more but to be at peace inside of their own head. Someone who I have seen cry themselves to sleep in their most vulnerable state and someone who has sang duets with me under the stars. Someone who is wrongly perceived by so many.
I know someone who has attempted suicide. Someone who battles everyday to feel confident in their own skin, to feel attractive, to feel like their life is going in the direction they want it to. Someone who everyone calls their friend but someone who feels quite alone. Someone who is beautiful to so many, but suffers daily from feeling quite the opposite.
I know someone who can’t get pregnant. Someone who battles everyday wondering if they will be able to have the family they have always dreamed of. Someone who has lived life as positively as possible and feels guilty about the anger they currently feel. Someone who is living in a world in which everyday another newborn is popping up on FaceBook. Someone who puts on a brave face to most.
I know someone who is dealing with family addiction. Someone who battles everyday for the words to express the pain they feel about a family torn apart. Someone who avoids certain places and people because the explanation is just too much to handle emotionally. Someone who feels overwhelmed about something they can’t control. Someone who finds strength in humor and silence.
I know someone who has lost a mother,
a father,
a brother,
a husband--all before their time. Or, what we perceive as the appropriate time anyhow.
I know someone who has battled addiction and succeeded.
I know someone who has battled addiction and failed.
I know someone who grew up with a Borderline mother.
I know someone who grew up in a home full of yelling and tension.
I know someone who wholeheartedly loves two very different people in two very different ways.
Do you know someone?
We are all so quick to judge without really knowing. Take the time to truly know someone. Only then can you even begin to understand.
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