More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

by Elaine Welteroth

I HAD ALREADY BEGUN a deeper process of questioning everything, including my place in the world, beyond the suffocating confines of my college life in Sacramento. It was as if the winds of excitement just sort of blew right over it like a wasteland. Nothing magical, nothing exciting ever seemed to happen there—at least not to me. Especially after my breakup. I needed an escape from the sleepy college town where my social life had become a bit like walking a tightrope between Black and White worlds. In some ways, I felt stuck in a place I didn’t belong. I knew there was more—more to see, more to explore, more to experience. When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.