Dan Shaw, co-founder of RuralIntelligence.com, recounts his experience of returning to the 25th Reunion of his college class. For Shaw, being able to show his authentic self at this reunion became paramount when he recalled his history of not being so open or transparent. As a graduate of a small liberal arts school in Upstate New York, Shaw remembered the school’s only Gay and Lesbian group being shrouded in secret, much like his own sexual identity. But, on this return visit to the place where he developed as a young man, Shaw tapped into the courage to be who he really is, revising a past of secrets and re-creating fond memories.
Read the entire article here: Reunion, and Returning As Your Real Self.