"I was a weird kid, and honestly, I still kind of am. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and I’ve learned from some of them.

But here’s what I know: it’s being less than perfect that makes us perfectly ourselves.

Sometimes, I wish I could go back and tell little me that it’s okay to be a little broken.

But if I did, I’d rob him of what he needed to become who I am now.

And honestly, I probably wouldn’t have listened anyway."