I was in the R/A channel with you that night, and the strength (yes, strength) that I watched come over you as you worked through that scary, debilitating place that you were stuck in was incredible. Never forget that in all this, you have opened yourself to both good, bad, — and sometimes kind of hilariously strange — interactions in the pond, and you have grown with them and around them and through them and in spite of them.

Everyone needs help now and again, or feels like life has dulled them, but in the last week or two, I have seen the brighter shine that you are emitting. So for that, I thank everyone you've mentioned and more, from the bottom of my heart... but also tell you that I am proud of and humbled by this strength you are rediscovering in yourself. However you find it and express it, it is yours, and a part of you. Your willingness to share it with others, despite feeling unachored yourself at times, is a true expression of faith and love without expectation.

Kindness costs nothing, and you are worth everything.