We all deserve death, but we don’t deserve to live in fear and shame. My greatest fear is to be inconsequential. I want my life to matter. I need to contribute something to someone. Helping out in some small way or another is my greatest goal. My greatest source of shame is feeling as though I don’t matter. Everyone can get along just fine without me and anytime I try to help out, I end up making more of a mess for someone else to have to clean up behind me. These are my greatest deterrents and my greatest motivators. Most of my life has been spent trying to prove to others that I deserve to exist, but I’m not able to convince anyone else of something I don’t even believe myself. I’m a talented, kind, beautiful individual. The world is a better place with me in it. I share my love and shine my light everywhere I go on everyone I meet. It’s okay if I fail at everything else. I don’t need to measure up to anyone else’s arbitrary standard. I get to decide what is important in my life, and no one else has to get it. No one else has to understand what I want or agree with how I feel. I don’t have to allow fear and shame to rule me. I get to decide how to live my life, and I choose to live with peace and joy.