Do Your Worst

by Rosie Danan

“It’s not weakness. The way you trust people.”

America had a lot going for it, as far as she was concerned, but man, Europeans really took the cake when it came to old stuff. And gun laws. But that was a different story.

If the last few months had taught him anything, it was that just because something hurt didn’t mean it wasn’t healing.

As it turned out, sometimes what you needed was someone who brought out the worst in you. There was a gift, she realized, that could only be exchanged between former enemies—permission to forgive yourself. Because if someone could see all your failures and faults, could actively seek out every possible reason to dislike you, and somehow still come around in the end, well, maybe your worst wasn’t so bad after all.