No Matter Who I Am

I know who I am, but knowledge and acceptance are two different things.

I have been very honest for most of my adult life about who I am, what I stand for, and what I am suffering with or what I am celebrating. My health is a new story. My mental health has been stable for almost two years now and I have been in and out of therapy to care for myself when I need it. I am now halfway through my first quarter at my new university and my joy is underwhelming at best. It is not that I am sad or that my mental health is drowning me again. I finally have all that I’ve always wanted and I feel calm and…