nathanael.ink

It’s not like you thought;
none of it. Not until you’re staring it down the throat
can you see what’s inside.

Boy, you have so much to be proud of
don’t you ever let someone tell you otherwise.
Do those things. Practice them. The things you’re good at: get better at them.
If someone seems better at it, don’t worry,
they’re not. It may appear to be the same skill as yours, but believe it or not, they will never make the exact same paint stroke as you, the same quarter note, the same incomplete sentence, or express a word with the exact same inflection.
Like it or not, everything you do is unique, and no one in this world can match it.

Life is gonna come at you hard, and it’s gonna start the war from inside yourself.
It’s gonna be hell kid, and if you don’t know your strengths
you’ll get them all confused with your weaknesses;
you’ll feel useless, and lose every fight to your own white flag.

I need you to trust me. There’s something in you
valuable. Something no one else has. Something someone else needs.