7 THINGS TO REMEMBER w/Gil Alter

1. Your presence gives others strength.
Someone feels stronger because they saw you out there - doing life your way.

2. You help people feel less alone.
You’ve been someone’s quiet comfort, even when you had no idea. in the way you listen. In the way your presence softens a room.

3. You inspire without trying.
Through your patience, your presence, your quiet power - you lift others. You’ve said things they still think about.

4. You prove it’s possible.
You think you’re just getting through the day. But to someone else, you’re proof that strength & dignity can look like this.

5. You shift perspectives.
Not because people feel lucky to walk when you can’t, but because seeing you move, live, smile, speak your mind - makes them question the limits they’ve placed on their own life.

6. Someone feels safer when you’re near.

7. You’re not a burden.
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You are more special than you realize. There are others who think so much more of you than you think of yourself! People wish for your company more than you think they do. ∎

Find & follow Gil on Instagram:
@gil.alter

Note From the Editor

Sometimes, a message finds you at just the right moment—like a whisper on the wind that reaches your ears before your heart even knows it’s listening. That’s what this piece was for me. A fellow MS warrior shared these words, and in them, I found a reminder I didn’t know I needed.

On a day when doubt felt louder than hope, this gave me something steady to hold onto: the quiet truth that just by showing up, we can be someone else’s strength. That presence, even in our most vulnerable moments, can be a form of power.

So I asked if I could share it here, in AwareNow. Because I know I’m not the only one who needs to hear this. Whether you live with MS or face something else entirely, these words are for anyone walking through the hard days—reminding you that you matter more than you know, even when you don’t feel like you do.

Light & love,
​Allié