Sometimes they tell me how impossible it could be that they have any worth inside themselves. How selfish it would be to give one shred of hope of their decency. They want kindness, and a reason to lift themselves from the world and into the skies. Otherwise they wouldn't speak of it at all to begin with.

Don't fool yourself. Your past does not dictate your future. You're every moment waiting to happen, every new chance of expression. The foolish will call you a fool, and the wise will say that you are wise for this. But you mustn't give up on you. You mustn't dash away your desires out of expectations. Find out for yourself. Discover, grow, and remember you have friends in this.