You Are Not Alone in This

My heart is breaking.
Please, listen to me very, very carefully. Lock these words away in your secret heart, and never, never forget them:

You are beautiful. You are loved. You are talented, and smart, and special.
You are also kind, and sweet. You are courageous and bold.
You are impassioned, and you are important.
You are strong.
You matter. You have impacted the lives around you in ways you will never comprehend,
and you have a very special light- one that is yours, and yours alone.
If you do not spread this light, then no one will, and the world will be the worse for it.

You. Are. Beautiful.
You. Are. Loved.
You. Are. Strong.

And the world is a blessed place because you are here and you are in it.