Some starlight you see tonight left before you were born. Old encouragement can still guide you.

Something said to you years ago can arrive exactly when you need it, long after the person who said it has forgotten. Kind words do not expire when the conversation ends. They travel, and they keep their light in the dark stretches. A teacher or a coach who believed something about you may still be working on your behalf tonight.

Try to remember one sentence someone said about you that you never quite let go of. Say it to yourself when the next hard thing starts. And notice that what you say to someone this week may reach them in ten years.