Open Letter to a Well-Meaning Person

Dear well-meaning person,

I am me.

And as cheesy as it sounds, I am the only be I can be.

If that scares you, I’m sorry you’re afraid, but just because I am an unknown to you doesn’t make me dangerous. On major points of faith we agree. The expression of that belief differs dramatically but we are both children of the same God. If you don’t understand me, at least don’t assume the worst. I may not take it well.

I’m sensitive to things you may find silly, but that doesn’t make me a crybaby. I see things differently than you but that doesn’t make my views wrong. I go about my life in a different way but that doesn’t make me bad. I think about things you probably never think about but that doesn’t make me untrustworthy.

Please don’t project your fears on me and try to control what you don’t understand. I’ll only retreat further from you and that will possibly make you even more afraid of me and what I do.

And that won’t get us anywhere.

Yours Truly,

Me.