Becoming real isn’t easy. It helps to have a friend who is absolutely certain that you’ll get there.
“[B]y the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly. . . .” The Skin Horse to the Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams)
“I am absolutely certain that God, who began the good work within you, will complete it perfectly. . . .” Philippians 1:6