Sometimes those we forgive change their behavior to the extent that we can eventually be as close to them as we were before (or even closer). - Cheryl Strayed

Perhaps by now I'd come far enough that I had the guts to be afraid.

I'm just giving you shit. I think it's neat you do what you want. Not enough chicks do that, if you ask me — just tell society and their expectations to go fuck themselves. If more women did that, we'd be better off.

There are some things you can't understand yet. Your life will be a great and continuous unfolding. It's good you've worked hard to resolve childhood issues while in your twenties, but understand that what you resolve will need to be resolved again. And again. You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness.