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Growth is the gift of letting go
I have found a lot of really wonderful Humans here on Medium. This is not a unique experience. I read about it all the time. It’s happened to a lot of Humans who write here, I’m not so special.
What I want to focus on is the after-effects of this phenomenon. It is amazing to me how The Universe has used Medium as a tool to guide me, heal me, open me over the last three years. It’s a process I never saw coming when I published my first piece back in May of 2017 (see below).
When I arrived here — I read more than I wrote. I responded and liked posts — or whatever it was we did before we “clapped”. I became friends with some of the writers I read most often and one of them encouraged me to submit a story for publication (thank you, White Feather). So I did — that story, the first one I ever published is also below. With many thanks to P.S. I Love you.
This kind of support and encouragement from Real Writers and Real Editors was astounding to me. I slowly began to wonder if perhaps I might belong here — perhaps I might not be so awful at this after all — perhaps I might one day be a writer.
Time went on, I began to listen more to Real Ann and Her Voice speaking to me every single day. Writing helped me find the vibe, pick up the beat. I’ve always said I’m just the messenger and it’s true…
