00:00I don't know, scared?
00:03Dear little Tobli, you don't love yourself yet, but trust me when I tell you that you will someday.
00:09So this is my valentine to you, because I love you, and I need you to know that no matter
00:13how scared and confused you are now, it will all make sense one day.
00:18You won't hear the word transgender until college, and you won't fully understand what it means until you move to
00:24New York City.
00:25You'll fight against it for so many years, but you will, little by little, move towards it, and once you
00:31embrace it, you will dive headfirst, even though it's terrifying, into a journey that will someday complete you as a
00:37person.
00:39And for this, people will call you brave and strong, but most times you will not feel brave and strong.
00:45You'll be scared as hell, and you will think that brave and strong people don't get scared, but that's not
00:50true.
00:51Brave and strong people do what they need to do, no matter how scared they are, and that's what people
00:57will see in you, and you will make them brave and strong, too.
01:02You're going to achieve so many amazing things, things I can't even tell you about, because you won't believe me.
01:08Every step you make, and every time you fall, and you will fall, it will make you the person you
01:14are today.
01:15So keep moving forward, even when it's hard, and remember to keep getting up.
01:21I can't make you love yourself right now, and I wouldn't stop you from making the mistakes you will make.
01:27But I can tell you that on the other side, you will breathe deeply.
01:31You will let go of the weight of the world that you carry on your shoulders.
01:35You will stop worrying so much, and you will be free and happy, and you will love yourself.
01:42There will be a time in your life that you'll want to wear an asymmetrical haircut and only cowboy boots.
01:48No matter what, resist this temptation.
01:50It does not go well.
01:52Love, Tabli.
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