Sometimes, you just need a message of hope. Something can only become a cliché if it is first a deep truth. So, here it goes:

You must, must trust that things will get better. You must. You must hope, you must have faith, you must believe. Hope is the seed of a bright future. Tell me: without hope, without the belief that things can improve, what else are you to do? It is not by magic that hope produces wonders; rather, it is the fuel that will keep you going, the fuel that lets you not just work wonders, but put in the work to create wonders.

You should believe that God, fate, the universe, will meet you halfway, maybe even 75% of the way if you can muster 25% — but one without hope is one who does not try. Stubborn optimism is sometimes the most practical thing a person can do, because without it, it is far too easy to excuse inaction. Why try if nothing can get better? But they who trust that life can improve if they try are those who take action to make it so. 

So, remember: you feel sorrow right now. But oh, I wish you could fast forward 5 years from now. I wish you could gain that perspective.

I want you to look back at yourself 5 years ago. What obstacles did you face then that you’ve overcome now? What burdened you then that has long been alleviated? I wish you could know that future you looks back on you now in the same way. 

You carry a lonely heart right now, yes. You do. But love is patient. Love, it is the most patient thing. There is no rushing love, there is no rushing Earth’s fruits. You want a lush garden, you must wait for the seedling to grow and reach skyward. You do not demand it sprout now and reach for the Sun, you do not yank it by the roots and demand it grow. Love: it is patient, it is patient. The best things in life are worth waiting for. You will hold the hand of your lover and look back and laugh at how worried you were. You will look back and know, it was all worth it. 

You must have faith that this is so, you must. You must have faith, you must know that faith works wonders, because it is the wonder of faith that makes you work. Faith will be your fuel on this journey. You do not have faith and then sit; no, faith is that which carries one foot after the other, trusting that the road holds a destination. But he without faith sits and gives up.

You will hold faith, and you will continue, and you will look back and know: it was worth it.