Brandi Rice

We’ve made some ground over the years with progress in promoting mental health and ending the stigma, but we honestly have such a long way to go.

We are so much braver when we are younger because the world hasn’t yet had the chance to ruin our naive ideals of optimism.

I’ve been rejected. I’ve cried. I’ve quit. I’ve stopped believing. But I’ve also wiped my tears, brushed off the dirt, and started believing in myself again.

What I’ve learned, though, is that human beings are malleable and fluid creatures that are in a constant state of becoming.