Coming out to family and friends isn't always easy. Carrie Highley,author of Blue Apple Switchback, shares these helpful tips for anyone wondering how to live out loud. Check it out.
Always support in intellect that love is meant to be simple, and we make it complicated.
Don't let the external world expose you differently or you may linger for days or years in a dark and lonely status. Let the thread of love unweave itself naturally. Understand that love is fine and so are you. Love doesn't discriminate or compartmentalize,it's just there and you should love as you wish, don't topple into the foolish trap of being what others want you to be.
expose your anecdote…sooner than later. Try not to conceal away for years like I did, and you will only end up hurting yourself and others. Making our stories visible will help us to teach others about what they don't see or understand.
support in intellect that you can't please everyone,after all, accomplish you please everyone with the clothes you wear, and the name you may give your child,the way you talk, the religion you choose or not choose to affiliate with? This list could go on and on. It's the very nature of livingyou can't please everyone, and but you can respect yourself and others around you. You say it takes courage and you're not certain you have what it takes. I say lasso that courage and conquer your fears,you may be surprised at how many people already know. I'm in no way undermining the difficulty of coming out, after all I hid away for close to thirty years in an endless abyss of insecurities relating to coming out. I'm here as a cheerleader now and we need more cheerleaders to make it known that there will be no more hiding.
Source: popsugar.com