When you feel like you're not enough, when it feels like there's nowhere to go, when it feels like the whole world is crashing down, take a quick second to just stop.

And maybe you can take more than quick second. Maybe a full second. A minute even.

Maybe I'm the only one who tells you this, but you are absolutely enough.

You don't understand the way that your eyes light up when you laugh. That deep laugh, the kind that comes from your stomach. It's the kind of laugh that might drive you to tears. It's the most beautiful, the most melodic kind of laugh. And your eyes are the most beautiful color with the most beautiful shine every time you produce the sounds of laughter. I could stay lost in those eyes forever.

You do not understand the way you feel when you collapse into me for a hug. Your warmth keeps not only my body warm, but also warms my soul. A happy hug or a sad hug, it doesn't matter. It matters only that in that moment, we're connected. You and I are fully connected. I'm depending on you and you are depending on me. That's my favorite hug.

You will never understand the familiarity I feel when I am around you. You are comfortable to me, even when I know you're feeling uncomfortable. You are my safe space, and I can only hope that I am yours too.

You cannot understand just how wonderful I think you are. When you feel like you're not enough, my whole heart shatters into a thousand tiny pieces. You are more than enough to me.

You are everything to me.

To contact the national suicide prevention lifeline, please call 1-800-273-8255 without hesitation.