“If you do not use your own torture in an effort to end your pain then you are a fool who wastes his tears.”~Michael Kurcina

You have to tell the truth so you can stop damning yourself. When there is need for great vision, the eyes often see nothing. Sometimes we put out our own eyes with the sharpest emotional sticks. But even without eyes we can still communicate, and so we should. We can hear and speak. We can even cry. Our tears can speak for us. Often behind tears are shame, fear and self-consciousness. Let them fall. Real conversations need to be had. Perhaps you’re a fool but you’re not a failure. We have to grow up, because that’s what grownups do. We have to grow even if we don’t like it, if we’re to succeed at dealing with where life failed us, or when we failed at life. You cannot continue keeping everything to yourself. You can’t keep breaking things. Get help, and also heal thyself. Find a way to use your terrible experience to educate others, and help them avoid what troubles you. Tonight, look up, and behind the dark clouds know there is still the moon and the stars shining. Love should take away all of your excuses to die. Trust me. I’ve been there… God help you.

From the book We Make Ghosts