It's easy to get down and start feeling like our lives aren't adding up to what they should be, especially in your 20's. But it's time to take a step back and reassess your worth in this world. No matter what, you have always been worth something, and to some people, you have always been worth everything.

No matter how you made it into this world, you made it. Whether you were planned, or a surprise, from the moment you were discovered, multiple lives were altered. Plans changed, just for you. You were celebrated before you even knew you existed. People planned parties to give you presents before they even knew your name. Your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, possibly siblings, the list goes on all cried tears of joy for your arrival. You brought utter joy to the people you care about before you even knew who they were. Strangers on the streets wished your mother good health and added you and her to their prayers that night.

When you were born, family and friends flocked to the hospital to meet you. You were a small town celebrity. Everyone wanted to hold you close, breathe you in, and see your smiling (or let's face it.. gassy) face. As you grew up, family and friends received pictures and videos of you crawling, walking, jumping, running, smiling, and even something as simple as sleeping... and every single one of them cherished getting to experience and have memorabilia of those events.

When you began school, you made relatives feel OLD. They could not believe you were old enough to be out on your own, learning math and spelling and making friends without your parents pushing you to ask that other kid at the park to play tag. Then you were in fourth grade, and you won a spelling bee or got the highest grade on a test, and your mom stuck it on the fridge with pride. Every morning, until your next piece of artwork or a good grade, you saw that shining A+ while eating your Lucky Charms and it pushed you to keep learning more, and getting smarter so your parents would be prouder.

Before you know it, you're in middle school, then high school and time is flying by. You go from begging your mom to take you to see the new Avengers movie, to driving yourself to the mall with friends. You get to see all of your friends play sports, or be in musicals, or play in the band alongside you, and you get the opportunity to see their parents' shining faces when your team wins against your biggest rival, or your play gets a standing ovation.

Next thing you know, you're walking across the stage at graduation, feeling on top of the world, you're an adult now and nothing can stop you. You're already planning your dorm decor, and you've already met with your roommate. Life is flying by. Your parents beg for one more picture which turns into 60 more pictures but trust me you'll thank them later for that. You feel so independent and free, you want to be on your own.

You get to college, you're finally free. You love all of your classes and have the perfect schedule. Everything is amazing, you've made a ton of great friends at welcome week, life is good.

It's a few weeks in, classes are getting tougher, exams are coming up, and most of those "friends" have stopped replying. You find yourself only going out for class and food, and only texting that one friend from high school... Life is hard. You miss your mom. You're running out of money, and you feel as though you never have time to do anything...

Your life begins to feel worthless. You feel you aren't contributing to society or your future. You want to give up.

This is the time to remember, you've never been worthless. You've always meant more than the world to someone. Even before they knew your name.