you’re certain, you’re convinced. you’ve built yourself up from the ground. it’s not that you want to be encouraged to reach a distant goal or take some humble wobbly steps forward.
you want to be encouraged in the decisions that you made for yourself.
you want them to recognize that you know what’s good for you.
you don’t need essays of advice or hugs the last for hours, you’re satisfied with a couple of words and a look of recognition in their eyes, a friendly push in your back, a chuckle. you simply want to be recognized for your hard work.
because it has been hard, hasn’t it?
it’s okay to admit that, i know you know but i want to remind you regardless. because damn, it hasn’t been easy whatsoever.
yet there’s a fire inside of you, a drive to keep going forward.
do you know where you’re going half of the time?
are you endlessly chasing that moment of clarity you feel in the Exact second you make a decision, before doubt sets in?
i say keep going, people like you are those who want to try, regardless of anything, to at least try. bruised knees, a twisted ankle but still, your flame, your hope.
i think we might need you more than ever now.
you take what’s small, what’s painful to touch and you embrace it, translate it.
you blow your fire into it and watch it rise from the ashes and fly through the sky like fireworks. to know what you know, to feel what you feel, you care about the journey.
you’re an advocate for kindness and the power of rebirth.
you find meaning in finding meaning and you hope people find meaning in you.
that they do, without a shadow of a doubt, they do.