Too young to feel this old...

The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face it. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the winds is your only hope. When you are laid bare you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what so deep; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never torn to shreds by the fastness of the universe. So, don't run from your pain, avoid it or try to find shelter from every drop that falls from the sky. Run into your pain. Embrace every hardship and let the bridges you burn light the way forward. Let life's storm shatter you.