assurance, empathy

“You aren’t alone.”

“I understand.”

I don’t think there are words much more comforting to hear. To know that someone else has been where you are, to know that they really do understand, and to know that they made it.

I just want to make it, too. And maybe, to be able to someday assure someone that yeah, I’ve been there. I truly empathize with you. And you’re going to be okay, too.