you are doing better than you think you are. you have had more experiences than you can remember, and they were better than you can recall. you've felt more happiness, known more joy, found more inspiration, and have succeeded more times than you are aware of when you're in your most doubtful moments. you've been more accepted than you remember--more appreciated, seen, and validated than you know. more people saw your potential than you realize. they liked you more than you believe. you were more wanted than you think, by friends, by family, by potential lovers who londed for you in ways you probably never would have imagined in the first place. when the people closest to you look at you, they see far more of your greatness than you ever would looking at yourself. it's easy to define ourselves by the empty spaces, the ways in which we lack. yet those are not always gaps within us waiting to be filled, rather, the simple contrast between all we are and all we were never meant to be.
-brianna wiest
