You are brave.

You can run that extra mile.

Take a drink of water. Breathe in the cool air this morning. Relax your fists and uncurl the toes in your running shoes and go. Finish. Run to your goal. You are braver than you think and the extra mile won’t kill you.

You can raise your children in this world.

Speak the truth into their ears over dinner, before bed and while they sleep. Be the strength in their lives. Fill their hearts with good things, kind words, teach them and discipline them. Then… let go. You can do it. You are braver than you think.

You can tell your story boldly.

Take out the pencil. Open the laptop. And write. Tell. Good things come out of opening your heart and your mouth. You feel alone, but you aren’t and at the same time you have something unique to say. Speak rightly and truly and with chosen words. Tell your story. You are braver than you think.

You are brave.