I know it sounds a bit dramatic, but Lenny changed my life.
For those of you who aren't already familiar with Lenny, it is not a person. Lenny is actually an email newsletter founded and driven by two incredibly talented women, Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. Once you subscribe to Lenny you will be blessed (and I do mean blessed) with special Inbox deliveries twice a week. Better known as 'Lenny Letters', each contain a masterful collection of stories, interviews, articles and musings that offer anything from thorough entertainment to extreme enlightenment.
Now getting back to my story. When Lenny came onto the scene I knew it was going to be good. Better than good, I knew it would be something groundbreaking, empowering, witty, intelligent and out to challenge my often narrow minded view on things.
What I didn't know is that the stories would remind me of who I really am... I'd forgotten her and I'd forgotten that it actually felt great to be her!
When I sat down and really thought about it, I realised that most of the cool, funny and interesting articles I read today inspire me to be someone else. Or worse, to envy someone else. So you can understand why I found it rather magical when I discovered something that made me feel extremely proud to be me.
Therefore I wanted to thank Lenny for the little pieces of happiness, humour and motivation it has given me and also for the things it has taught me (so far)... To appreciate true individuality and to accept tough and imperfect circumstances because I now better understand that everyone experiences their own battles and must fight them in their own way.
I am thankful not just because Lenny gives me all of this and more, but mostly because it asks for absolutely nothing in return. Not a common thing in this day and age.
So thank you Lenny, I bloody love you.
Ps. Just before I finished this post I started to doubt whether I wanted to publish it. Mainly because I wasn't sure I'd written it well enough and been able to convey my message clearly, but also because I felt "what's the point?"
Well just yesterday I received another Lenny letter and the first article started like this, "I’m nervous writing this essay. I’m terrified you may not like it. What if I waste your time? What if you don’t think I’m funny? What if you think it’s boring, or, God forbid, not as good as the other letters on Lenny?"
Freakishly it was exactly what I needed to hear.
