I know that in the dark of the night, you look at your wrists and contemplate if tonight you will make another mark or just go to sleep.

I know that you stare at that bottle deciding if you can numb yourself.

And I know you stare in the mirror in disgust, deciding every minute what you can fix.

I have one thing to say: you are more.

You are more than a number on a scale.

You are more than a mark on your wrist.

You are more than a word society labels you with.

You are more than you think.

You are beauty and strength, disguised in disaster and hurt.

You are hope and light, blocked by the darkness of night and the weight of the world.

You have all the possibilities in the world laid out in front of you, but they are hidden behind the doubt that clouds your vision.

I can’t make the world bright for you, I can’t show you the sunshine and rainbows that are here waiting for you to see them, but what I can do is hold your hand through the dark.

I can be there in the blink of an eye, on the phone, through text or holding you in my arms, if you give me that chance.

It will never change how I look at you or be a burden, which I know is your fear, but it is my privilege and something that I want you to trust me with.

I can tell you all the things you need to hear and all the things that are the truth, but the storm inside of you will continue to rage through these words until you let yourself breathe.

So here I am telling you again: Breathe, cry, release the pain and let yourself be all that you are capable of.

Let yourself break on me, and let your heart heal for the first time.

You are deserving of peace and of love, by others and more importantly by yourself.

The storm inside of you wont let you believe it but you are worth so much.

You are worth more than there are grains of sand.

You are worth more than the richest of treasures.

You are worth more than there are stars in the sky.

Your worth is unable to be priced, to have a number put on it, to be described, because you, yes you, are that IMPORTANT.

You are the world to those who surround you, the ones who are begging you to let them in on your storm.

You are the reason someone wakes up in the morning and the reason someone stays up at night.

YOU ARE THE REASON FOR YOU TO BELIEVE YOU ARE AMAZING.

As you are.

Flaws and imperfections.

Light and dark.

Exactly as you are.

YOU ARE AMAZING. YOU ARE WORTHY. YOU ARE LOVED.

And I am here, ready to help you see that, if you just give me the chance.

Open your heart and be honest with me.

Let me hold the umbrella and weather this storm with you.

Let me show you that you are worth more than the stars in the sky.

Let me help you calm the storm so that you can be all you are meant to be.

Once upon a time, you held my hand through the storm, with the lightning and the thunder screaming around me.

You brought me to the sunshine and helped me make it to my end of the rainbow.

So here, take my hand, take a breath and let’s walk, just one step at a time to the sunshine that is waiting for you.

I love you, and I will help you if you only let me.

Because don’t forget: you deserve the chance to bask in the sun and embrace the light of the stars.