painting "cold crow" and meditation on loneliness

When you start speaking out for yourself self-validating you will be met with surprise. I knew when I started being honest about who I was and what I believed and didn't believe, I knew full well what the consequences were going to be. I was going to be left out in the cold. But it came at the perfect point when I was finally willing to pay the price. There does come a time when you realize that if you don't advocate for yourself, you will consign yourself to a lifetime of regret and sorrow. Better to experience occasional loneliness than be estranged from yourself! You can buy this painting