Lightbringer.

Perhaps someone else needs to hear this too.

One day, you’ll wake up and you’re almost 32. You confess feelings for a friend. They will throw every vulnerability you’ve ever shared in your face. You will want to flee, to fade away, to disappear. It’s very important that you don’t. It’s very important that you stand your ground.

This will permanently change your perception of them, and that will probably be okay eventually. It’s okay that it hurts in the moment. You will want to internalize their words - don’t. It’s not about you.

Get up. Go to the gym. Recalibrate. Return to your goals. Return to your North Star. Most importantly, keep loving wholly. It is better to give yourself to a life full of disappointment than stare at hope through a window.

You will grow through this. You are a ray of sunshine and always have been. You know love. You are love. You are light.

Those who have only known darkness will always fear the Lightbringer. Their shadows are not yours to carry.