Unknown Caller

by Lisa Unger

Because it’s what you do with your life that matters. It’s not about how you look. Because you don’t have to be perfect. No one is. You are enough. You are more than enough. And it’s time to get real.”

Forgiveness is not saying that certain deeds are acceptable or forgotten. Forgiveness is an acknowledgment that we are all deeply flawed, and some of us make terrible mistakes or do horrible things. But to cling to rage, hatred, or grief, to rail against what is or has been, is to kill yourself again and again, rob yourself of what life you have left, what good you can still do.

see all the kids—the popular ones, the brains, the jocks, the punks, the burnouts. They are not who they will become. This moment, teenage life, it feels like the whole universe, but it’s only a millisecond. “When you compare your messy three-dimensional life to the filtered and curated two-dimensional

version of everyone else you see on social media, you’re not getting the whole picture. Real life is what happens between those posts. And you only know the version people show you on Instagram. It’s a fiction. And I guarantee every single one of those perfect people you see out there is feeling as lost and insecure as you are.”