Being Like the Tide

I read this post today on a friend's blog that has been incredibly encouraging lately. It was me-in-a-nutshell. Here's a snippet:

Nothing I feel feels shallow. I try and fake shallow to hide the destructiveness that i surely would bring if left unrestrained. The weight that i would bring to conversations, to arguments. How do open up a storm that in its self threatens to overtake and break me? How do i trust that someone else would be able to stand after seeing this ocean? I've come to learn that most of the world does not have this reservoir within them. That they don't have the currents, the pull, the terrifying and uncontrollable driving depth to them. How then, can they understand that my words carry the weight of the tide? That when i say i am wounded, i mean it to my core. That when i say i am frightened, i shake in my depths. That when say i am angry, you can see it's dark storm behind my eyes. They are able shake off life, distract themselves with other agendas, but how do i distract the currents? How do i distract the tide?

Read the whole thing.