These words have always had a place in my mind and will continue to perform in the exact same manner as they always have, no matter what.

They’ve stood firm through all the broken promises, through all the heartache, the wants and desires, the glory and disappointments of life. They’ve seen me through addictions and obsessions, through malaise and contentment. They, like so many other words, mean nothing if someone else speaks them to you, their meaning is only found when you speak them to yourself…and even then, in the moment sometimes you won’t get it.

Still, echoing through the halls of eternity they ring true. They are easy to say to yourself when the universe walks with you. However, In your lowest of low moments, when you feel so alone the world starts to fade and you simply just don’t care anymore. When you aren’t able to share all of your pain, the torment life has blessed you with, the thoughts and secrets you hold onto for fear of judgement, when you feel the twisted cold embrace of all the shadows in my mind and soul.

When you aren’t sure how life is going to turn out or what you should do.

In the moments you feel truly alone, just remember…this experience, these experiences belong to you, and in that moment only you. Nobody else in the world knows what you are going through. It may seem crazy, or selfish…but those are the moments when these words have helped me the most.

They helped me step back and smile because I know, those are my feelings they belong to me and as much as I hate feeling that way…I can’t help but smile, because in this life so few things I can claim, so few experiences I can live.

Through all of them, good or bad. Remember these words, and say them to yourself because you may not know it yet…but they are a simple type of truth(at least to me).

“It’s worth it, it’s always worth it.”

-2018

Past me wrote this in 2018. What is assuming to me is that I don’t remember if I wrote this for someone else, because of what they may have been going through, or for myself and what I may have been going through. When I found it though I figured I should post it back up, a testament to struggle and growth and the ever-moving horizon of life. Another thing unmasked that I would share with you (I did change one word in it). Thank you.

Keep smiling, you’re worth it!

Always Yours

me