Exactly Where You Need to Be

As people, as humans, we constantly make mistakes. But we're allowed to grow, to change. There's beauty in that.

I won't get sick of you." Sam brushes his thumb over my knuckles. "But if we spend more time together, I might fall more in love with you.

Everything is terrible, but here's the difference: I'll be okay. The terribleness will pass, my tears will dry, and I'll be okay. Because I'm exactly where I need to be. Not here, in Kacey's bedroom with Samson Hodge to lean on -although that part is really, really nice- but in a moment where the only direction I can move is forward.

Lauren the therapist always tells me that the only person I can compare myself to are the former versions of myself.

During my many sleepless nights, I can't help but wonder : If I'm always comfortable and sheltered, how will I ever become the person I want to become ?

My OCD is a speed bumb, not a barrier, to happiness.

My OCD is a speed bump, not a barrier, to happiness.