Break In Case Of Emergency

In case of emergency, you'll be alone.

Your partner will choose the worst time to be selfish.

Your mom or dad will make it all about them.

And you'll be left alone to figure it out.

In case of emergency, it will become painfully clear that you can't count on anyone. Someone might be there, just not in the way you need.

You'll be left alone to figure it out. You'll have to find strength even when you're exhausted, because in case of emergency, you're the only one who can carry yourself through.

In case of emergency, break the glass. Take the axe. Uncoil the hose. Put out the fires in the places of your heart that need it most. Tend to the parts of yourself everyone else walked past. Make yourself a priority. Then catch your breath, gather what's left of you, and keep going.

In case of emergency, take whatever you need. Pack your emergency bag with the things no one else can hand you: courage, self-love, grace, boundaries, hope. Carry them with you. You'll need every one of them.

Then pick yourself up, and keep going.