.

Take a breath.

Take another.

Find the silence.

Focus.

Do you hear that?

That pumping in your ears?

Listen.

It’s your heartbeat.

You’re alive.

You’re surviving.

You’re defying the odds.

You’re living.

Do you know what love is?

Do you love someone?

Does somebody love you?

Yes.

You are special.

You are unique.

Your heartbeat tells you that.

Just listen.

Pinch yourself.

Did that hurt?

Good. Pain can be a good thing.

It means you’re real.

Reach out.

What can your fingers touch?

This is not a dream.

This is real.

Take another breath.

Hold it in.

Let it out slowly.

Do you feel that?

It’s oxygen.

It’s entering your lungs.

It’s leaving too.

But that’s okay.

It’s natural.

It’s supposed to be this way.

You don’t have to think about it.

Just breathe.

Some things come and go.

It’s alright to let them.

They gave you what you needed.

Now it’s time to move on.

Take a step.

Take another.

You’re moving forward.

Don’t look back.

Stand still.

Close your eyes.

Let yourself be.

What a miracle you are.

It’s dark but that’s okay.

Sometimes darkness comes.

But it is always followed with light.

Open your eyes.

How many years of evolution made you?

All your ancestors.

All that they were.

That’s what you are.

You’re bones and skin and hair and air.

But you’re so much more.

You have a heart that beats.

You have a soul.

Focus on just being.

Doesn’t it feel good?

You are perfect.

You are you.

Breathe in.

And out.

Trust in yourself.

You are becoming.

Stop.

Do you sense that?

It’s the future.

And it’s calling your name.

Clench your fists.

Hold on tight.

And release.

Let it go.

Trust.

You know who you are.

You know where you’ve been.

You know where you’re going.

Jump.

Let yourself believe.

Catch yourself.

And release.

Pause.

Hold on to what you have learned.

Be who you want to be.

Let yourself exist.

Wow.

How wonderful you are.