Therapy is Hard Work

Go to therapy
is not like taking a pill
then the headache is gone.

Therapy is like giving the tools to a gardener
they still need to dig through the dirt
to let new shoots come through.

Message to A Stranger

Hi

We may not know each other personally,
but we exist in the same vast universe—
our paths crossing, even if just briefly.
I know you’ve laughed and cried,
felt joy and sorrow,
held happiness and heartache side by side.

You’ve been both teacher and student,
giver and receiver of care.
You’ve offered your heart, and at times, kept it guarded.
You’ve shared pieces of yourself and held some back.

You are a living, breathing human—
doing your best, navigating life as it comes.

Love and respect,
from a fellow human being