This Is Going to Make Me Sound Like an Idiot

Feeling foolish is a sign you might speak words that matter

“It’s just me . . . and you.”

Those were the words I heard myself slowly and deliberately repeating to the crowd, like each syllable was its own independent miracle.

I said it again and again to the one hundred pairs of eyes that were on me at the front of the room. Then I stepped off the stage and down to the front row, because I couldn’t resist the hu…