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You’re Going to Be Okay.

I’ve been through my share of unexpected, unfortunate, and unsettling endings and every single one of them left me in a miserable state. Crushed and depleted of my will to wake up every morning with anything else but a tear in my eye, I wanted to forever confine myself to my apartment, live in my pajamas and have mint chocolate chip ice cream delivered to me on a weekly basis.

Finally, I would get out of bed and put some real big-girl pants on, hoping that the worst part was over. Months later, I still have days where I fall back into a sad state of feeling sorry for myself. I have bad days where I question everything I’ve already wondered a million times and stress my brain over every inquiry that can’t be answered. There are many days when everything I’ve tried to forget comes back to haunt me and so many days when all the things and memories I tried to let go of find me again. And I have days when I just miss certain people and the way things used to be.

Life changes in the blink of an eye and things we could never predict happen. It’s intense, and sometimes it really sucks. (Every so often, it’s pretty awesome). Whatever the case, embrace it. Take deep breaths and baby steps, ease yourself into it. It’s going to get harder before it gets any better, but one day – it won’t even be an issue anymore.

Whatever happens… you’re going to okay kiddo. You’re going to be, okay.

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Such Is…

Life does what it wants.

Whether it’s going to hurt your heart, or bruise your ego, or rip your soul apart momentarily – life has it’s own plans.

Things aren’t always going to work out the way you thought they were and everything you planned for, might never happen. It’s unfortunate, but it doesn’t mean you have to give up.

Make the best of every situation and don’t let it take you over; There’s no point getting upset over what you can’t change.

Find the silver linings and find a way to smile. Don’t waste your days on misery.

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Who I Am, Is All That Matters.

Decisions, choices, ideas, and our actions; they’re the things that create the life we’ve lived and will continue to live.

Sometimes the “right” decision turns into a bad idea. Every so often, a brilliant plan doesn’t work out so well.  Good intentions may not always follow through, and impulsive judgement leaves us in an unforeseeable circumstance.
Whether we make the “wrong” decision, the “right” move, or whether we didn’t have a choice to begin with – shit happens.

There are things in life that happen, for better or worse. Whether they were good, bad, happy, sad… what is in the past is history that can’t be unchanged. There are also situations in life, that define who we are. Our talents and our strengths, our biggest weaknesses and so-called flaws are what separate us from one another.

In reality, we should embrace these attributes as life lessons, victorious challenges, unique qualities and common likeness’ that bring us all together. Every single person has a story, but it isn’t always something that we should use for judgement while holding it against them.

Someone once told me, “Who I am… is all that matters”. And he was right.
Forego the bank account, the job title, the family heirlooms, and materialistic worth. Waive the minor hiccups, the bad memories, and the small amounts of baggage.

Take a real good look at the next person you start any sort of relationship with. The truth is, good people don’t always have great track records. But you can try looking for the good in people and love them for that alone. All the other stuff is sometimes… just that: “stuff”.