I've spent the last few months away from social media, in large part because I just didn't know what to say. So much has happened in such a short amount of time, and it felt like everyone who could was saying something loudly and at length. I didn't think that anything I could say would add anything to the numerous dialogues that were happening, so I read and watched, and kept to myself (or a small circle of friends).
Then today, I logged into my Tumblr for the first time in weeks, and I notice that I have quite a few notifications. This is not a normal thing for me, so I take a look at what's bringing people to my blog. Turns out, there are a couple of posts about hope and not letting the world take your light away that are still resonating with folks.
I don't pretend to have a huge audience - I'm one of literally millions (if not billions) of people on the internet who type their thoughts out and send them into the abyss of cyberspace. But I guess what I have tossed out there has been useful, on occasion, to someone who needed it. It would be incredibly arrogant to say that I have to keep writing, because "my people need me" *dramatic pose*, but it does seem a little hypocritical if I talk a big game about hope and optimism and then give up myself.
So, here I am, tentatively waving from my corner of the web, with a cup of tea in one hand and an empty seat at the table. It's been a rough few months, and we've lost a lot of people that never should have been lost. But right now, we are here, and we have the chance to make tomorrow better than today. What do you say?
