What You Guys Mean to Me

Hey everyone. I just wanted to take the time to tell you what you really mean to me.

I was bullied a lot growing up and I was told that nothing I was going to do was ever going to matter. Even worse, I started to believe it. It got to the point where I would stay up all night working on papers because I needed them to be perfect. My confidence started to rebuild when I gave the best oral report in the class. My papers got better and I started writing down the ideas in my head.

Mother Celestia was written because a friend saw the first draft of it and said I should post it. I did a little re-write, but I wasn't confident enough to post until a few months later. Once I did and I saw people adding it to their favorites or giving it a thumbs up, I was set on finishing the story. Even the few dislikes it got didn't deter me from keep writing because someone proved to me that something I did mattered.

I kept posting chapters and I honestly didn't care if just one person saw it or if it got featured, I was just happy that people cared about what I wrote. And then you guys did something I never expected: 200 of you liked the story. I can't even imagine 200 people. Not just that, I couldn't even imagine 200 people actually thinking that what I did was good enough for their attention. And then you guys continued to blow me away by getting me featured three times. There were three different times where people thought what I did was good enough to be on the front page of a website.

If I could talk to my younger self I would tell him that if you keep trying and keep putting yourself out there, it will all work out for the best. You will get hurt and people will tell you that you're no good. But for every 37 people that hate what you do, there will be 508 people that will love it.

Now, because of you guys, I am way more confident in my writing. I'm willing to try one-shots and willing to just write down my ideas and see what happens. Not only that, but I've become more confident in my real life. I've learned to bounce back when something doesn't go right. All of this is because of you guys.

You guys seriously have made the most positive influence in my life. I really don't know where I would be or what I would do if I never posted Mother Celestia. Form the bottom of my heart, thank you.