You’re Closer Than You Think

To those of you going through it right now...

I know it's heavy.

I know it's lonely.

I know there are moments you feel invisible as if nobody really sees how much it's taking just to hold it all together.

Hear this:

Getting through this time will be one of your biggest wins in life.

Not just because of what's waiting for you on the other side...

But because of who you'll have to become to make it there.

Without this pain...

You can't build the strength you'll need for the great things you're meant to do later.

Without this storm...

You can't sharpen the edge that will cut through every obstacle ahead.

We've all been in that dark place.

Where the pressure won't let up...

Where you question everything...

Where your vision gets blurry and the way out doesn't feel real.

I promise you it's real and you will get there.

Even if your only job right now is to take the next breath.

Don't ever make permanent decisions based on temporary pain.

It's not fair to you.

It's not fair to your family.

It's not fair to your future you...

The one who's going to look back on this moment and be grateful you didn't quit.

You don't even know how many lives you're going to impact yet.

You don't even know who's going to survive because you kept going.

Those parts of your story...

The darkest parts...

Those will be the ones people connect to the most.

It will be the proof that change is possible.

So if you're hurting...

Uncertain...

...and holding on by a thread...

This is your reminder that you are not alone and that you're forging a version of yourself right now that nothing can ever break again.

Don't quit.

You're closer than you think.