A good friend posted the art and words below on Facebook from the site “Rivers In the Ocean.”   May they  comfort you as they did me.

“The fact that you are struggling doesn’t make you a burden.  It doesn’t make you unlovable or undesirable or undeserving of care.  It doesn’t make you too much or too sensitive or too needy.  It makes you human.  Everyone struggles.  Everyone has a difficult time coping, and at times, we fall apart.  During these times, we aren’t always easy to be around — and that’s okay.  No one is easy to be around one hundred percent of the time.  Yes, you may sometimes be unpleasant or difficult.  And yes, you may sometimes do or say things that make the people around you feel helpless or sad.  But those things aren’t all of who you are and they certainly don’t discount your worth as a human being.  The truth is that you can be struggling and still be loved.  You can be difficult and still be cared for.  You can be less than perfect, and till be deserving of compassion and kindness.”               — Daniell Koepke

Art © Helena Wiezbicki