Pushing Through

I have slacked on the blog this week, and  I apologize. I have been getting over some illnesses and just feeling down lately.  My main focus and goal is to be positive but sometimes, life brings you down. We all have those days. It takes the special people in your life, or a special activity you like to do, to remind you again why life is so great. You have to pick up the pieces, and just keep moving because life will not wait for you. It will pass you right by as you sit there in sadness and sulk. I promise you that.  When I'm in a "funk,"  I try to remind myself that it doesn't last forever and that things ALWAYS work out. It really helps to talk it out with my husband and friends, as well. I also try to find my own solutions to issues and seek out reassurance and make sure I'm on the right track.

The truth is, people will get you down. Life will get you down. The world will be on your shoulders at times.  But even then, even though you desperately need that break from life to refresh yourself and clear your mind, time will not slow down for you. You have to keep up, despite the weights dragging you down.  Others will treat you poorly, you wont be in love with your job every second of every day, and things wont always go your way. I believe those are a few things we can ALL agree on.  Some days are just plain hard. Like a foggy window that you continue to wipe off but can never clearly see out of it.  Let it warm up.... give it some time.  Keep the faith! Things WILL work out, they always do. They may not always work out the way you want them to, but they work out.  I find the hardest part of the journey is patience. Patience to understand what the plan is for me or why things make me unhappy the way they do.  Why I let people and things bother me.  Why do we allow so much unhappiness into our lives when we have such little time here?  Look around you. Those little children in our lives are growing up within a blink of an eye.  We are hurdling obstacles each and every day. We wont get today or yesterday back..... and worrying isn't doing us any good. It's great to have a good cry every now and again, but don't make it a habit. Pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and remember that TODAY is YOUR day. Your chance at happiness. Your chance at doing what you want and living the life you dream of. It wont be easy. Not even a tiny bit easy. It will be HARD and every day will be a challenge. But because of this, we learn to appreciate those few times life is going as planned.

Push through, find the strength, and don't give up. Today is YOUR day.