It’s 5 in the morning and I am thinking about you. I am wondering what to say that might be timely for you or relevant. It’s 5 am and you are with me. Did you know someone was thinking about you? Did you know someone’s whole life is dedicated to making your life better? You matter that much. You are that special.

I can’t help but love you. I walk down the street and see that sometimes you are frustrated. I see that sometimes you need help and aren’t getting any. I see you bulging at the seams of that little vessel, your big spirit trying to bust out of its cell and bust into our world.

Your very being inspires me. The fact that you made it through that day you didn’t think you’d make it through…what strength you have when you are so weak! Where does it come from?? You are amazing.

And when I smile at you and you smile back, even though you feel alone, even though you fear that you are here all by yourself, you still reach out, still risk connecting. It makes my heart glow. It makes me want to skip or sing.

When I listen to your stories, when you give me, a stranger, the gift of witnessing what burdens your heart, all I can see is the glow of your humanity. I hear that you don’t know what you are doing. I hear that you are scared. But so often you are afraid because you have dreams that are bigger than anyone looking at you with average eyes could see and you don’t know how or if you can bring them to life. I am captivated by what moves you. I am enthralled by how your heart loves, even when you are in pain, even when you are scared.

You are why my life has meaning. The very essence of you wakes me up at 2 am with ideas about how to better support you – how to better reveal your beauty to you. I wish I knew your name so I could write a love letter just for you and send it in the mail so you’d have a piece of paper to remind yourself that some other heart knows you are here and you matter. You matter. And I love everything about you.