Carol Danvers

If it's just about me and only me, I'll share. I've decided to be and open book. But some of the things I find myself involved in aren't my stories to tell. And this is one of them.

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-No.No. Listen, I know you won't acknowledge this because it's just not how your brain workds. But, in our circles, there are levels. There are great, like you, and there is... everybody else. And for a while it's fair to say that I've been wallowing in "Everybody-else-ness". But I got to live the real life. Someone who inspires people. I got to feel exactly what that feels like, and I loved it. And now I realize that I love being that person, and there's absolutely no reason in the world why I shouldn't try to be that person all the time. And frankly I'm embarrassed to realize that I'm not anywhere near that person I should and could be. I've wasted so much time being,basically,half of myself. Does this make sense? It's filled me with--with purpose. I feel reinvented. I wanted to tell you that I'm going to go out there and re-earn my wings.[...]I'm going to earn my name.