My (Personal) Mission

​After I finished writing about why I write, that got me thinking more about why I’m doing any of this. As a result, I came up with a working personal mission statement that captures my sentiments.

I don’t know about you, but I envision this inner “flame” that glows within me that flares up when I feel indignant; like when I see something that’s blatantly unfair and unacceptable.

I think for quite a long time – most likely from my childhood, I was conditioned to suppress that flame. Being angry is bad, don’t show it. If you show it, it reflects on your immaturity… that kind of stuff. And when I entered adulthood and the workforce, I’m told similar things. That’s not professional. You’re frustrated because you just don’t know how to manage your stress well, how about anger management?

That indignant feeling may appear like it’s negative energy – like I am angry at something, but it’s actually the force that keeps me going. I’m like a vehicle in that sense, with an internal combustion engine. I drive forward because I’m exploding inside. (I want to convert myself to electric but haven’t figured that out yet.)

​So why do I write? Part of it is for my own benefit – ​I write to tend to my own flame that I have suppressed for so long.

I also write with the intent to reach out to individuals who have suffocated their own inner flame by internalizing problems caused by bad management:
“Maybe I was just being too much of an idealist.”
“Maybe I just haven’t grown up.”
“I need to just manage my stress better.”

I want to be the warmth of reassurance:
It’s not that you’re just an idealist.
It’s not that you haven’t grown up.
It’s not that you just don’t know how to manage your stress better.
It’s real. You’re real.

I want to be the spark that rekindles your desire to do what you believe is right, and the updraft that raises your confidence to take the first step forward.