I'll be there for you.  No matter what anyone else says, I'll listen.  I may not always be able to catch you when you fall, but I'll be there to sit by your side until you are ready to stand up again.

And no matter what anyone else says, or blames you for, I'll know why you are the way you are.  I'll understand more than anyone else ever will, all of the things that you have been through, all of the struggles that you faced, and all of the worries that you hold.  I know what you want, and what you deserve.  What can help calm you down even in the face of your tranquility being broken.

You never have to be anything that you don't want to be.  You can change, grow, learn, but only if you are ready to.  And if that day never comes, that's okay because I'll still be right there with you, even if we never move from this very spot.  Even if nobody else comes to find us, it'll be okay, because I've got your back.  I'll support you the best that I can.

I loved who you used to be, too, though I know you have mixed feelings about that version of yourself.  That's understandable.  You probably have mixed feelings about who you are now, too, right?  I think everyone has some of that within them.  Do you ever worry that you aren't carrying forward the promises that your former self made?  I think you are doing great.  I know that not everything turned out the way that you hoped.  Many things that you wished for didn't come true.  I'm sorry that it had to be that way.

But despite it all, you are still you.  You are beautiful, did you know that?  "Earned beauty", I would say.  It's not something that came naturally to you, I know.  But that makes it all the more impressive what you have been able to become.  When you turn around I know you'll see it too.  How far along the path that you have traveled to reach this point.  I know that you can keep going, over these hills and into the next sunrise.  And even if you decide not to, we'll just shelter for a while, until we wake to the gentle morning mist, the first gentle beams of light filtering through the dewdrops in the trees.

There are so many other people who care about you too, do you know that?  People who would support you, even if you were to decide to simply hide in your shell for a while.  Maybe even forever.  I'm one of them, too.  In your worst moments I root for you.  In the depths of your regret I shake my head and silently pray that you'll realize that it wasn't your fault.  That even if you made a terrible mistake, it's never a reflection of your soul, your spirit.  It's merely a thing that happened to you along your path.  And in your triumphs I'm there, quietly smiling, knowing that you feel it too.  The stillness of the lake.  The quietness in the air.  Everything is as it should be.  Even when you feel that you have lost your way there, nobody can ever truly take that from you.  I know, because I watched you go through so much.  And even in the depths of your despair, when you tried so hard to blot out the blazing sun, and cover your ears against the cacophony, there was still something that you believed in so strongly that gave you the courage to persevere through it all.

Don't ever forget that I love you.  I won't leave you.  I'll stay.