Cowards Not Welcome
Scared people are more than welcome to be around me.
We all get scared sometimes…
If you could see some of the stuff I see (through the avatar perspective) I’d bet you any amount of money you’d be scared out of your mind every goddamn day…
I can’t even lie… Some days, some of the stuff I see scares the living shit out of me…
It’s okay to be scared. It happens to the strongest and weakest of us alike…
Here’s the thing though…
If you’re brave enough to admit that you’re scared and that you don’t know what to do about your feelings of insecurity and uncertainty, then guess what…? I’m gonna stand right there beside you…
We’re gonna figure the shit out together.
I’m gonna do everything in my power to help you stand strong and face down whatever’s got you feeling shook…
I will ALWAYS respect people who are brave enough to say: “I’m scared and I need help.”
Now I’m not just gonna let people stay scared around me, or use me as a mental or emotional crutch or anything… But I’m not gonna turn my back on anybody for experiencing a natural emotion in the face uncertainty either…
If you’re a coward though…
A weak, sickly person who chooses aggression, bravado and conceit over honesty and transparency…
If you’re a person who just wants to see things suffer — that is, see people and things punished, humiliated, injured, devalued and destroyed because you’re too chicken shit to face down and deal with whatever’s got you feeling afraid, uncertain or unsure of yourself…
If you’re a person who just wants to interrupt, disrupt and derail things moving in the path of progress, for fear of missing out and/or losing support and attention from others…
If you’re a person who blames and bullies others… who allows your insecurity and uncertainty to become hostility and outrage…
If you’re a person who weaponizes situational advantages against others, so that you can experience feelings of power and security at their expense…
…then you are absolutely NOT welcome around me.
Scared is okay. Cowardice is unacceptable.
You can work your way through being scared, and ultimately achieve and/or arrive at a state of confidence. You can’t work your way through cowardice though…
The type of confidence cowardice imbues people with is fleeting, circumstantial, heavily dependent on external reinforcement, and as such, unsustainable and easily neutralized…
Facing down and working through fear and uncertainty makes you strong. Doubling down and digging deeper into cowardice only makes you weaker as time progresses.
The only people I want around me are those who want to heal… those who WANT to be strong.
I don’t want anyone around me who just wants to suffer and make other people and things suffer more…