[edit] even if things get heavy, we'll all float on

after gathering information, our generation does not start "loving ourselves" until after a huge heartbreak, perhaps an experience where we are cheated on. our trust is destroyed, left fraying in the winds, while we try to pick up the remains of our broken hearts and mend it. after that last straw, we have no other company but ourself. beyonce sings of it. "me myself and i." and it is within that shattered pain that we recognize that we do not deserve such disrespect. from our partners. from our friends. from strangers. we then find the strength to command and demand the treatment that we are entitled to, no longer allowing anyone or anything to get us down. we build resilience. we build courage. and we cultivate the ability to cherish ourselves, although flawed and imperfect, because in a way, we realize that we are survivors.

be kind to one another.