Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano

“It’s because you know that more is possible that you’ll always see the pointlessness in following a stupid rule or clocking in and out of a boring class. Most people can’t see that distinction, so they just do as they’re told. Of course, this makes them bored and irritated, but they think that’s the human condition. You and I are lucky enough to see that it doesn’t have to be that way.”

She wanted to be true to herself with every word she uttered, every action she took, and every belief she held.

She would wait, forever if necessary, for a man who saw the expanse of her, the way her father had.