Insignificance is a relative term The pessimistic thoughts that pass through our heads… The thoughts that say: We are not good enough, We do not matter, We are insignificant These are all just thoughts Controlled by you A person, Who can make choices and decisions, And although you may not be able to change the world as a whole You can change those insignificant little thoughts Because a person is more than what you think They are one of seven billion, but how big is seven billion really? And the world that you truly live in is made up of much, much less So the next time you think you aren't enough Remember that it’s you who controls whether you feel like enough or not. And when I feel like I’m drowning and I can’t breathe during the day, And all I want to do is crawl up in a ball in my house and cry and feel and be left alone I have to be reminded how much I’m worth Because even if we don’t know it, We are all worth something Even if sometimes we make mistakes Even if sometimes we hurt ourselves to let people know we aren't fine Even if we feel like we’re nothing We aren't* Because although the world is a hateful and horrible awful place full of ignorance and judgment, There are still lights and halos and happiness and there’s laughter too in there There’s babies being born, people getting married, and random acts of kindness being done There are cookies and baklava and puppies There are young lovers and happy children and sweet singing There’s music and art and love being made And although the babies may be still, the couples may get divorced, and the acts of kindness may be empty The cookies may be burnt, the baklava old, and the puppies dead The young lovers may break each other’s hearts, the happy children may grow up and the sweet singing stopped The music may be sad, the art distasteful and the love not true It doesn't matter because all these things are part of life And all of these things were done by people And you’re a person So I’d say that’s pretty ******* awesome.
I wrote this for a friend when she was depressed. She said it really helped.