It's Just Life

A very important person said “life is so amazing, but sometimes it can really suck.” The past few weeks have been some of the best and worst of my life, which made me wonder…how can life be so unbelievably wonderful and simultaneously heartbreaking. For the first time in my life, I have let anxiety take over my body. I have let the stress of the world and life completely debilitate my everyday life. There are so many good things in life, so many phenomenal people and beautiful sights, but then bad things happen. Why? I know things happen for a reason, but sometimes you wonder what that reason is and you don’t find out until you least expect it.

This year has been the year my dreams have become fulfilled and also the year a piece of my heart was taken away. Isn’t that crazy? The good and bad come together and you have to pick and choose the moments when you let one win over the other. It has taken me a while to realize that not everything in life is fair, but everything does happen for a reason. Something good always comes from the bad eventually. It may take way longer than you want, but it will come. The most important thing I have learned (and definitely the hard way) is to really feel the feelings you try to push away because otherwise you will be affected without even realizing. I have tried to live in the moment and be happy with everything that is going on in my life but the feelings are still there and that is ok.

It is ok to feel those feelings. The bad ones. They help you grow and heal. Life can kick you down, but it is up to you to get back up and still live it. Something good will happen, I promise. Don’t take anything in life for granted because life is just too short. We only have this one life so why wouldn’t we do the absolute most to take full advantage of it. Unfortunately, that means taking the bad and unfair and heartbreak that comes with it. The thing I often forget is that I am human, and I am allowed to be sad or take a day for myself. That is taking full advantage of life, too. We have to take care of ourselves if we want to be happy in this world.

Let’s be healthy, happy, loving, sad sometimes, thankful, grateful, apologetic when needed and the kindest people we can be.

XOXO,

Simply Complicated