“Today’s sorrows, yesterday’s regrets…these things do not determine the content of our tomorrows. Whatever we are struggling with, whatever pain we suffer, whatever hopelessness we hunger to escape, it is a lie from the depths of hell to believe that it will always be this way. There is hope, my friends. I wouldn’t write these words if I did not believe them with all of my heart: I promise you, there is hope.
Above all, be patient and kind with yourselves. You are not the sum of your mistakes, your failures, your shattered dreams or your broken heart. There is infinitely more to you than what you can presently see. Hold fast to hope. Your story is not over yet…”