I know you are confused
I recognize how challenging
Life may seem
I am here
If you need to talk

Yes it is hard sometimes
To understand
How to navigate friendships
How to sail the world
How to know which way to go
From one day to the next
When the only one thing
Consistent for you is

Change

What you want
Where you want to go
How you want to feel
What you want to do
Who you want to be

Is evolving
Everyday
In every way

You are young
You are a teenager
You are not alone
During this time of

Change

My advice to you

Walk gently
Be curious
Move toward what feels right
Ask loads of questions
Speak with respect
Ask for the same in kind
Teach people how to treat you
By treating them
The way you wish to be treated
Follow the rules
Break them often
If they tend to stifle
Your sense of
Self

For your sense of self
True self
Is always strong and will guide you
Listen deeply to its’ whisper
Calling from within
The one that comes from you
Separate from your friends
And who you think everyone else
Wants you to be

Stand strong
Feel your feet planted
Firmly on the ground
Let your heart open
As wide as the world
Notice your thoughts
Of judgment
Of comparison
For they will take you away
From you
Creating discomfort
Fostering pain and isolation

Instead
Trust how you feel
Trust where your spirit
Your intention
Your intuition
Are calling you
Allow your body to flow
With the moment
Hearkening to your heart
More than your head
For it will draw you deeper
Toward you
Creating a sense of well being
Fostering joy and contentment

Try new things
All of the time
Careful not to say
No…too quickly
When a new offer is made
Careful not to say
Yes…too quickly
At every overture

Rather give credence to
The power of the pause
Taking a moment to reflect
Allowing yourself to feel
What might be right for you
In this moment

Aware that this new opportunity
May hold the answer
To so many questions
Filled with the promise
To leave you feeling
More fresh and alive than before
Knowing too that it may not work out
Exactly as you dreamed

I know it may feel difficult
To have confidence in that which
Creates such a sense of
Disorientation

My hope for you
However
Is that you embrace
This very thing
That will follow you
Through every endeavor

My wish for you
Is that you begin now
To master the dance of all dances
The one granted to you
By the most magnificent partner
You will every tango with
The ever consistent companion

Change

Please know
My beautiful daughter
All is perfect
In this teenage world

It is unfolding
Exactly as it is meant to
For you
To become more
Of who you already are

And all along the way
And forever more
I will be here for you
To hold the space
For you to grow
To hold your hand
When you need support
To pick you up
Shall you fall
To let you go
When you are ready to fly

Please know
My beautiful
Teenage girl
You’ve got this
And I’ve got you