one word could change the whole world

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. 'Macy, no. It's not.

I eased back on my elbows, tilting my head back to look up at the sky, which was pinkish, streaked with red. This was the time we knew best, that stretch of day going from dusk to dark. It seemed like we were always waiting for nighttime here. I could feel the trampoline easing up and down, moved by our own breathing, bringing us in small increments up and back from the sky as the colors faded, slowly, and the stars began to show themselves.

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.