"on the other side of change, on the other side of unknown, and into the darkness I go and I get the option for a life that can look different and look beautiful. I have more peace and more safety and more joy in my life now, having forged through what felt like an impossibility. When you come in contact with pain, it's your choice. Turn from it, keep circling where you are, or see it as the invitation to walk through a doorway to an alternate universe where you get to meet the new you on the other side of it. You get to be with yourself and sit with yourself and not run away from the sadness and the anger and the frustration and any and all what comes up. There isn't a thing or emotion or experience that exists in this universe that you're not worth. I give that to you. Better than any other person could ever prove to you."