I’m feeling the weight of the world today.

It’s not even 8 o’clock yet and my heart hurts for so many things out of my control. Macklemore set it off because, well, his music is just so touching in general – Same Love. And as we are in the middle of Pride Month, I can’t help but to think how my brother felt growing up. I can resonate with similarities from our childhood, but to not feel comfortable in your own skin or questioning your true identity in a culture where the word gay was only ever used as an insult to reference someone or something being “dumb”… Often I wonder if he wished he was better off dead than being gay. Maybe it’s something worth asking.

I only ever want to lift people up. I want to continue surrounding myself with like-minded people, who have a positive influence on others, who treat every individual with the same love and respect as we deserve. We are all people. We all deserve love.

LOVEISLOVEISLOVEISLOVE.

Positive energy exchange only, please.