“The world doesn’t need more “strong” superheroes hiding the truth of who they really are beneath capes of perfection, shame, cruelty, snark, addiction, or apathy. We need more plain old “weak” people who are brave enough to come out of hiding. We need more messy, honest, fully human beings who will volunteer to tell the truth about who they are – who will live shamelessly out in the scary, messy world.

It’s braver to be Clark Kent than it is to be Superman.”

– Glennon Doyle Melton, Lessons from the Mental Hospital: Glennon Doyle Melton at TEDxTraverseCity

It’s 3  : 00 PM on day 1198 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,  brush my teeth,  read 2 Chronicles 2, publish my Disability of the Day feature,    feed myself egg wraps for breakfast and hang out with my family.

Yesterday watching Lessons from the Mental Hospital: Glennon Doyle Melton at TEDxTraverseCity – a Ted Talk about being honest with yourself and other people – I realized that I, like many people, am fake I often tell people I’m fine when I’m not because I don’t want to burden them with my problems I want to stop doing that and be real because me being real will give others permission to do the same. Watch Lessons from the Mental Hospital: Glennon Doyle Melton at TEDxTraverseCity below: