Be You

    I have always said "I want to be _______ when I grow up." The blank part would change from time to time. I was always jealous of the skills other people had that I didn't. I never thought myself good enough to put the word ME in that blank. Until now.
     Do you want to be you? Are you proud of who you've become in life? Have you let the world make you into something unrecognizable?
    It took me a long time to learn how to be myself. I don't care what anyone else thinks of me because I am being true to who I am no matter what. I know what it's like to not know who the person in the mirror is. It took me three focused healing years, and an amazingly supportive husband to rediscover ME. I also had some great new friends in my great new life I had created for myself that were great listeners. We all need someone to tell us we are special.
    It takes a lot of courage to start over. I had to turn around, and analyze every little aspect of my life. I needed to rediscover which pieces still represented me, and which were contributing to my unhappiness. Initially this caused a lot of pain for me and the people I love, but in the end, it was 100% worth it.
    Now that I am here, I intend to make the most of it. I intend to follow my dreams, and see what roads they take me down. I've always wanted to write, so that is what I'm doing. It is an amazing feeling to finally accomplish something that I feel proud of.
     I've decided to start a Be You campaign, and post to people about being themselves. (#BeYou for you twitter junkies). This is something that has so much meaning to me.
  You can visit my author page on amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/E.-Paradise/e/B00AX1S6FM
 to see what books I have written so far.

I have a young adult fantasy book coming out in Feb. 2013 titled The Lost Dreamer