Good Enough

by Rhianna Jordan Turner

I've often felt looked over, as though my story is lesser than someone else's. My pain isn't as great as someone else's, my strengths don't reach as high as those around me. I often feel imperfect in an imperfect world striving for perfection. I constantly think and rethink everything I say and do. I often look at other people's writing and compare it to mine. I say to myself "I will never be as good as someone like Diablo Cody", or "Why am I even writing at all when someone like Gina Prince-Bythewood is doing such great work? I'll never be able to do what she's doing."

It goes on, and on, and on until I exhaust myself so much, I don't want to write. This is the first time in a really long time I've been able to push through those thoughts and write anyway. Today, in this moment, I do feel good enough. And my voice, like Gina's and like Diablo's, should be heard.

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