Bravery isn’t born. It’s forged in the nightmare places where fear tears the mind apart.

You didn’t find strength when you couldn’t live without it. You found it when you had someone or something you loved so much that it forced you to stretch the edges of yourself further than you thought was possible.

Knowing something in your head and knowing it deep down where fear lives are two different things.

Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free.

It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.