Choosing to Write While Feeling Insignificant

A quiet rebellion against the belief that I don’t matter.

For most of my life, the word through which I filtered everything was insignificant.

I felt it as a child when I was overlooked and forgotten.

I felt it as a young woman when comparison filled my mind with evidence that everyone else was prettier, more talented, and more worthy of attention.

Each comparison gave me something new to feel smaller about—until…