Finish this sentence for me. It can be a little thing, something to be proud of in the moment, or it can be something special and unique about you.
I know you fellow aspies are all beautiful, and I know the world doesn't often take the time to tell us, so let's tell ourselves and everyone else. I've been seeing a lot of people speaking out about the recent suicides from bullying in America, and it's meant a lot to me for those of us on the spectrum--who are always different and always set apart because of it, and often not given the space to be ourselves. It's a painful journey. One of the quotes I love from the "it gets better campaign" had me thinking I need to post this on my bathroom mirror:
"And all those things that make you different will become the things that everyone treasures most about you."
I used to really not believe that. Then someone told me I'm beautiful, and I believed him, because he knew and accepted spectrum me even before I did. Now I tell myself, regularly...but sometimes I forget. Maybe we all need to take some time and remember why each of us is beautiful, just as we are right now, today.
I'll start.
I'm beautiful because I do not quit, even if things get difficult.
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-Amy
without the dark of night we could not see the stars
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