A message in a bottle for my son

My son, One day I hope this meets you in your time of need. In life you are going to experience pain and I want to prepare you for that emptiness. I have stood where you stand now. I have gone before you so that you can know that you are not alone. When lonliness comes... and it will... know that I am with you and that I love you. I wish that someone had told me what I am telling you now. Stand up Straight Have Courage Ask for help, and know that sometimes help will not come. In those times remember to concentrate your power outwards, and in doing so, this will anchor you. Focus on your own actions that are good and draw near to the things that give you life. Sometimes it will feel like you are completely alone and that there is no one who could possibly understand you. And prepare yourself for the depth of weight of the fact that this may be true in your present moment. But... Hold yourself in the truth that you were formed together by your creator, your are a one in a trillion chance. The significance of your life and every breath you take cannot be measured. Allow me to describe the emptiness so that you will recognise it when it draws near. You will feel like there is no person who you could conceptualize who might meet you at the point in which you find yourself. You will begin to reach out to someone and then stop yourself. And sometimes, even when you succeed in reaching out, you feel emptier and less understood as a result. Just know this... You are not alone and I love you.