The ones that are having a hard time fitting in with their peers. I see you guys sitting in your school gym listening to a speaker that doesn’t give you any encouragement for your future.
Right now, I know many of you feel lost in a world that’s giving you confusing messages on who you are and who you should be. You’re…
Do you remember playing that game of Snake on the desktop computer when you were a child? You press those arrow keys wildly to guide the cursor around the grid, snapping up eggs, but each time you do, your tail grows a little longer. The rules are simple: keep moving, and don’t run into your own tail. If you do, you d…
I’m writing to you from 20 years into our shared future. You’re just 17 right now, and full of hope as you’re head over heels in love. She’s an incredible person and she’s already won every piece of your heart.
I cry now thinking about what you’re about to go through. What happens is not easy on you and it damn near destroys yo…
CONTEST ENTRY: To My Younger Self & Those Who Resonate With Suicide: Please Stay
To My Younger Self & Those Who Resonate With Suicide.
I think it is important that we have this conversation now before you get consumed by your thoughts or the negative impact the world can sometimes have on you. I’m coming to tell you that your life is worth living. I know it’s not that simple but it is indeed the truth. I’m going to try my best…
Let me be the first person to say, “I see you.” I see you for what you are, I see you for what you overcame, I see you for all the pain you suffered, I see you for your pure state of humanness, I see you for your authenticity, I see you for your openness and vulnerability, I see you for your vivacious spirit, and I see you for…
We’ve been living in NYC for the past 6 years.
We live with our partner, whom we love in a way we never thought we’d be cable of.
We met him 4 years ago at a party we didn’t want to go to.
Every time we feel the urgency of trusting our intuition, we must do so.
Even when we’re too indecisiv…
As I sit and reflect on my youth, I can’t help but smile. There are so many things I wish I could tell my younger self, so many tough situations I wish I could have avoided. And yet, the paths I chose, and the paths that were chosen for me, are what led me to become the woman I am today. Everyone learns their lessons one wa…
CONTEST ENTRY: Breakthrough to Inner Child Saves Life from Chaos
Dearest lnner Child,
If you are reading this now it means that me and you have succeeded. We have succeeded in not letting the harsh realities of this seemingly cruel and tempestuous world diminish the pure light that resides within us. The light that has always been present during our darkest of days when the world was weary and the sky was grey.…
Heart of gold but a mouth sharp, led by a mother whose depraved childhood was her fatal flaw. Wise but sometimes cold, taught by a father who found peace with the emotionless demons. It’s not easy to think about all the things I want to say to you because you were always someone who walked to the beat of your own drum. Those drums have been s…