To Tell The Truth

Do I have the courage? The courage to tell the truth? Is it even courageous if I do do it in absolute anonymity? It's a step. As a girl, my mother always told me, "Don't EVER put anything in writing that you don't want others to see." Not that I always heeded that advice...how many times did a lost love letter, a heated journal entry, or some passionate expression in writing of my inner most thoughts come to bite me in the butt upon ending up in the wrong hands--read by the wrong eyes? Oh the shame! If I am ever to become the writer I desire to be, however, I must lay fear of criticism, exposure, and of the truth being known to rest. I cannot move forward AND remain in fear...so let's do this. Hope you're ready cause if I could say anything...