Today is a day to be thankful that I no longer have to feel alone, even in a room full of people...

What kept me alone all those years? My secrets which brought me shame. Shame that I was weak, not good enough, that I was a fraud and didn’t belong here (wherever here was). I found my way out of this darkness and loneliness was to share those secrets. Very often when I did this, I found that someone came up to me and said, “I thought I was the only one, I felt so alone.” It is so much easier to heal our hearts and minds when we can do it with others who have walked similar paths.