If you’ve ever had one of those days where you’ve felt like less than you are, where your words seem to continually go unheard, where you’re just too damn tired to hold your head so high… let these three words ring loud and clear in the darkness, echoing through your head over and over.

I… hear… you.

You’re brave for acknowledging the fact that you don’t feel so good about yourself right now. That’s the start of the baby steps we can take towards making you feel like you matter. Because guess what? You do. You matter.

Or you may feel lost, like nothing you do matters. Maybe you’re tired of continually feeling under-appreciated, never recognized for what you do. I hear you. I recognize you. You are a person of value that I admire and respect.

In your mind, someday you’re going to go places. Reach heights you’d never thought you’d reach, bask in the light at the end of the tunnel. To this I say… take a deep breath. Look around you right now. You are the greatest version of yourself, and everything you do… everything you are… is continually shifting, creating the blueprint for the person you will become tomorrow. Breathe in and breathe out. You are amazing, and you shouldn’t have to sit around waiting for this glorious someday to be a bright, shining star. Because the future doesn’t deserve you… you deserve the future.

No matter what.

So I leave you with this… if they give you an inch… don’t take that inch. You stand up, you speak out, and you take that damn mile.

#letmelead