A Risk on Forever

by N.S. Perkins

Show your emotions. Cry when you’re sad, laugh when you’re happy, scream when you’re mad, and kiss when you’re in love. You have every right to feel whatever it is you’re feeling, and expressing it can only help to show who you are as a person.

When you are reflecting on your life, you don’t remember the times you argued with your loved ones or the time you spent at work. You don’t see images of neatly vacuumed floors and perfectly ironed clothes.

Sunsets had always brought a sense of peace to me.

Try your best, admit your mistakes when you make them, and focus on all the good you do rather than on the tiny faults you commit along the way.

Fight, tooth and nail, for the people you love.

I hope you know now that your big heart has never been and will never be a weakness. It is one of your greatest strengths, no matter how badly you might want to stop caring sometimes.

The important thing is to let you feel. Whether it’s good or bad, whether you prefer doing it alone or