Not on the sidelines anymore....

How does one go from being just an observer to someone doing something to make a difference? I am guessing the support of family, clergy, counselors, etc, might be part of it, but can someone be helpful vs. just a total misfit hanging in there with their challenges until they drop away into the blue? I want to be out there, speaking about what the world needs to do to be more adaptable for those who may not fit the nicely carved slots of life. I want to show that there is a great deal of research they do not need to dig so deep for, in our hearts, our voices, our very existance that says we are total people too. I never get to proove I am a good decent person with a powerful reason to be on this earth. I want to be fighting for the cause at hand, but not sure how to be good at anything, much less at presenting challenges as a valued garden of how people really serve a purpose. I think I am here for a purpose, and if my challenges are that purpose I cannot stand around feeling bad about it anymore, I have to find a way to make it work for me rather than against me. I have to find a way to not let so called, normal folks, although they most likely have good intent, be the spokes in the wheel. We are! We need to stand up and be so much out there! We need to find a way to be the researchers, the speakers, the advocates, the social workers, the lawyers, etc. It is time to do the work for ourselves now I think. How, that is not something I have quite mastered as yet. I know many of us have already met that challenge and are in these roles. This is not intended to offend, just my voice screaming out for an identity.