Emily's

You’re trying. And it’s enough. Every time you laugh, you are echoing your being into this world. You are making history every time you take a step. Please remember, you are fundamental to the connectivity of this world. There’s nothing insignificant about you.

In the most subtle ways, we never truly get over our traumas. And sometimes we become unkind. Even to those who love us most. You see, trauma reminds us of something we have already known since birth...that we were brought into this world alone, and we will leave this world alone.  And maybe, if I remind myself this fact every day..then maybe the pain would be manageable.

There are people we meet in life who miss being important to us by inches, days, or heartbeats. Another place or time or a different emotional frame of mind and we would willingly fall into their arms; gladly take up their challenges or invitation. But as it is, we encounter them when we are discontent or content and they are not. Whatever they are, we are not and vice versa. Two trains going in different directions that pass for a few powerful moments at full speed, blasting noise and wind but then they are gone. Whatever serious chemistry might have been possible if, isn’t.