I wish I could promise that you will never feel alone.
I won’t embellish life’s challenges by assigning responsibility to spiritual trappings to help you feel relieved.
I can’t tell you that you won’t be in survival mode more than once in your life.
I can’t make life pretty for you, because many times it’s not.
I can’t make you believe that others will carry you in the darkness or even hold a torch so you can find your way.
I can’t promise you a rose garden without thorns.
I wish I could change the hard truth in that you will struggle and suffer.
The only thing I can tell you is that this life is yours.
It has meaning beyond any perceptions or realities you hold.
It has honor, even in the darkest of moments.
It has truth, above anyone else’s misconceptions about you.
It has breath, a light so fierce that can make you believe that
you matter.
Yes, you matter.
Yes, you are witnessed.
And yes, this life of yours gives you the power of choice
To breathe deeply into an awareness of inner peace
Which is an inherent birthright.