My Dash

As Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke once said, "I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state." This statement really applies to my life in more ways than one. As a child, I held a profound sense of self doubt throughout grade school. Call it depression, ADD, or whatever the trend is nowadays, but I constantly thought, "why try? I'll just fail anyway." As I have gotten older and more mature, I have realized that as long as I care, that's all that matters, really. I was certainly not placed on this earth to impress anybody. I do feel, though, that my purpose is to serve others. I simply do so without forgetting self- worth. Confidence is what makes or breaks a person. You could be completely crazy and start preaching about the sky being red. But, as long as you spoke with a spine, people would listen to and agree with you.