Spark

  A moment.

An Idea.

A spark.

It's what I'm good at, what i've spent years focusing on. 

I've dissected social situations, communication tactics, and my own emotions till they are laid out as if on a surgeons table. It's time to teach others how to do the same, those who find it harder to naturally fit in. 

Kids, trying so hard to live life, not understanding why no one else sees what they see. Why no one else is as excited about that projects, that movie, that game. Now I can finally help them. I can finally DO something! 

I get the feeling that something great is about to begin.

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