You are welcome in this place.

You are welcome in this place. In this place, you do not need to be bothered by what you know or don't know. You need not to worry about the extra weight around your waist, the way you can't help but snort when you laugh, the way you are so aware of your lack of knowledge about the world in the way everyone else seems to know. In this place, there is no black or white- no right or wrong, in this place it is gray- it is nuanced- it is complicated.

You are welcome in this place. In this place, you do not need to wear the kind of masculinity that has burned your softness out, in this place you do not need to be the kind of woman that your mother has raised you to be, that the world has taught you to be. In this place, you do not need to make sense in the ways that don't make sense to you. In this place, you don't tumble in love, in this place, you rise in love. In this place, you get to lay down all the personalities that you have developed to survive this world. In this place, you do not need to be perfect- to be loved.

You are welcome in this place. In this place, you get to caress your anxiety, because you know it. In this place, you face the voices in your head because they are yours. In this place you get to cry- you get to let out all that your heart has been holding onto. In this place, you make room for your insecurities- because they are yours- but they're also not yours forever. In this place, you breathe in the ways that your heart needs.

You are welcome in this place. In this place, you are beautiful, you are kind, you are understanding, you are warm - in this place, you are curious, you are a wonder. In this place, you are also angry, you are also forgetful, you are also chaotic, you are also scared, you are also lonely, you are also needy, you are also selfish. My God, my God- In this place, you know God in ways you were meant to know God. In this place, you are Human. You are you- you are you- you are you. In this place, you are perfectly you.

You are welcome in this place- welcome home- a revolutionary return to self.

WR.