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���Come on, you know you wanna.��� Oh, the temptations, the peer pressure. I know it���s what everyone else is doing, but, somehow, it just doesn���t feel natural to me. I try to tell myself that it���ll all be OK���once it���s over.

Maybe Lady Gaga���s right���and I was just born this way. She should know. From what I hear, her fingers have been everywhere. Every time I���ve thought about it, you know, putting them ���there,��� I just get all nervous and sweaty. Will they be the right moves? Will it be fast enough? Will I be able to finish? And���what if my Internet connection goes out while I���m right in the middle of it?

Sometimes they���ve rested there, my fingers, for minutes at a time. Shaking. Trembling. Spell-checking. Yes, my keyboard���s seen it all���and I just know it���s laughing inside at me. ���What an idiot!��� it���s saying. ���Just type the damn words. Press ���Enter.��� And forget about it. Smoke a cigarette afterwards.��� That could be the whole problem come to think of it ��� I DON���T smoke. I���m man enough to try inhaling a little���as long as I don���t swallow.

I���ve always been a good learner. I���ll just look back at what everyone else has posted; they���ve never had a problem with it, why should I? Scrolling. Yes, that���s the answer. OK, here���s some from Facebook:

��� ���I���m tird.���
��� ���I hate my hair.���
��� ���Hang over!!���
��� ���Life���s a bitch.���
��� ���Test tomorow.���
��� ���The suns shinning.���

Good stuff, right?!? Wow! I bet they never gave it a second thought. I admire their courage; posting things like that to their Wall. I sure wish I could be more like them. My problem is that I want to tell a story, be more personal and somehow make my post, my story, meaningful. Maybe others will be able to identify with what I���m saying and they���ll realize they���re not alone. I LOVE telling stories that mean something.

At my age, I don���t think I���ll ever change. My fingers just don���t work that way. They have a mind of their own and type what they want. The way I see it, life���s short. There���s stories to be told, histories to be shared and lessons to be learned. This is why I created STORIES ABOUT FACING FEAR, a teen/young adult storytelling program; inside, these young people, have much more to purge than status updates and comments.

If you have a moment, please take a look at this video: Stories About Facing Fear, teen/young adult storytelling. Soon, it���ll be retitled: ���Stories About Facing Fear: Danny���s Story��� and will shortly be joined by a second, new video: ���Stories About Facing Fear: Amy���s Story.��� It���s what I���m all about with regard to my mission to help teens and young adults.

If your fingers are feeling frisky, please feel free to let them press ���Like��� or leave a comment. Your support, and interest, is most appreciated.

Until we meet in the real world, I wish you all the best, virtually.

Clint

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This is syndicated from STORIES ABOUT FACING FEAR blog.

To learn more about Clint's most recent occult crime novel for adults, THE SEVENTH RITUAL, his upcoming non-fiction book, STORIES ABOUT FACING FEAR: THE INTERVIEWS and his series of teen novels, please visit his website: Stories About Facing Fear by Clint Adams.