This week marks four years since I made the life-altering decision to come out to my closest friends. It took over a year to completely come out to my family, but the journey of coming out began in September of 2007. I can remember the emotions as if it happened yesterday. That was such an exciting, yet terrifying moment of time in my life.
I now sit and reflect on that young man who found the courage to be honest with himself and the world four years ago and where that young man has ended up today. I am proud of what I have accomplished in my personal life in the last four years. The struggle is not over and never will be, but I have been on a journey that has lead me to find myself. The true me. I know Curtis better now then I ever have in my entire life. I am not ashamed of who I am, nor do I have any regrets.
I am now more capable of accomplishing goals and dreams than that young man was in 2007. He had a lot to learn. There is no way he saw the future. He didn't see what an amazing and incredible man he would quickly become. Standing tall as a gay man from a very strict religious mormon background is not easy. I am still amazed I had the balls to do it, and I am only stronger for it. There is no mountain I cannot climb.
This is a life I would have never asked for, but it has exceeded my wildest expectations of a fulfilled life. This week I am joyful of where I have been, where I am now, and where I am headed.
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