This...I hear you! I have stopped being afraid to speak my truth or tell people how I feel. It matters more to let people know you care than anything else in the world.
I once found a message in a bottle in French from a gay kid who was desperate to find his soulmate and freaked out by the barriers he experienced in his physical home. It made me sad. I sent it back out into the ocean in the hopes that the right person would find it.