I’ve been telling a story. It’s about me and my past but also, by necessity, very much about my present. It’s about God and sexuality and gender and existence. Life, the universe and everything, as they say. It’s not a story I thought I had to tell, or could tell. But then the world went all pear-shaped and on fire, and not telling it felt like an act of cowardice. Something I’d regret not doing.
My friend Scott is the brains and voice behind Possibly True, an award-winning podcast about LGBTQ issues, which is sexy and funny and sad and weird. A lot like life. I recorded an episode with him and it was released this week. It’s part of the story that I’ve been trying to tell.
There’s a lot wrong with social media and digital life in general, but if there’s one thing right with it maybe it’s this - if you have a story to tell, you can tell it. And here’s a not-so-secret secret - everyone has a story to tell.
Some stories will entertain. Some will provoke. Some will inspire.
But some, and I say this without any hyperbole, will change a life. Or save it. Who are you to decide the power of your own story?
Put it out there and see what it can do.