This world hates you.

It crushes you,

Makes you feel small,

Weak, and forgotten.

This world tries to break you.

It will tell you

You are ugly, and broken.

It will try to take your voice.

Do not let it.

Follow your own path.

Do what you must do for yourself.

Stand up and

1: Remember who you are and why you exist. It is not because you need this world, but because it needs you.

2: Remember what you are and why you bleed. It is not because you are fragile, but because you are human, and to bleed is to live, and your blood is singing with your fury, with your life.

3: Brush yourself off and don’t listen to them when they say dust to dust. You are made from starstuff, and that is what you will return to. You have galaxies in your soul and suns in your eyes.

4: The next time they try to declaw you, tear them to shreds with your voice, your eyes, your soul. They cannot tame you; do not let them put a collar around your neck, you will choke.

5: Never let them tell you that you are not enough. They cannot comprehend that you are so much more. It is like trying to take in the vastness of the universe with a single glance. Impossible.

6: Fight because you can’t let this world take you quietly. Live because anything else means losing, and you aren’t capable of that.

7: Never forget where you came from. A sword never forgets where it was forged, and neither should you. When you think of your crucible, remember that you have escaped, and you are a weapon in your own right.

8: Harden your mind, but soften your heart. Just because this world is cruel does not mean that you cannot find peace if you so choose. Just because this world only knows how to hurt does not mean you cannot show it how to love.

9: Remember that war ends, and you have to let it. Remember to let yourself find peace.

10: Never give in.