okay
you might feel sad or empty
depressed or lonely or anxious
inherently lost or shut out or angry or exhausted...
these things are okay.
they donât feel okay but they are.
you donât feel like you can open up, like your problems arenât worth the burden, but somebody will listen
if you can make it through today, 24 hours,1440 minutes, then you can make it through this.
i know it sounds stupid, and i know you donât want to hear how âit will passâ but it does.
make tea, take a bath, go on a walk to the largest body of water you can find and scream, or throw rocks.Â
take care of yourself, because there is only one you
you are one in a universe, i know it seems small, but you are a star, shining out among billions and billions
people would notice if you left, you canât leave.
those people who saw you on the street, or in a hallway or a coffee shop and thought how you looked sad or trustworthy or beautiful or how you had nice hair, theyâd notice.
you are important, your scars make you remarkable. your eyes hold secrets that only you know. your nose and fingers and your beautiful, ramshackle mind are so amazing, they are exceptional.
your body, beaten and broken and more beautiful than it was before is yours,and nobody can tell you otherwise.
the way you walk, and think, and speak when youâve drunk too much, and the way you yawn, and spread mayonnaise on bread, and rub your eyes, and glance up when something catches your eye are all extraordinary.
please, please donât leave us. donât leave me.
today will pass, tomorrow will pass, and soon you will learn to love yourself again and you will learn that even when things arenât okay, they will be.Â












