My Heart Is A Protest That I

My Experiences With Violence In Schools Still Echo Throughout My Life But Standing To Face The Problem Has Helped Me In Immeasurable Ways.

Look At An Avalanche, And See That We Are At Our Most Powerful When We Let Go. Look At A Flower, And See That We Are At Our Most Beautiful When We Open Up.

Having Seen Ted From A Distance, I Always Thought If Ever There Was A Place For Someone Like Me, The Outcasts, People Who Maintained Who They Are Despite Being Told What They Were, It Was Ted.

Everyone Knows Pain. We Are Not Meant To Carry It Forever. We Were Never Meant To Hold It So Closely, So Be Certain In The Belief That What Pain Belongs To Now Will Belong Soon To Then. That When Someone Asks You How Was Your Day, Realize That For Some Of Us - It's The Only Way We Know How To Say, Be Calm. Loosen Your Grip, Opening Each Palm, Slowly Now - Let Go.

I Will Love Myself Despite The Ease With Which I Lean Toward The Opposite.