What I’ve learned over the past few years, is that you can’t really predict what life will bring you because things can change overnight. One day you’re on cloud nine and the next day you’re hitting rock bottom. One day your phone lights up with the exact words you want to listen and the next day you’re receiving the news you’ve been fearing. One day it looks like you’re finally getting things right and the next day your life is turned upside down forcing you to start over.
And sometimes there’s nothing you could do about it except learning how to survive alone, how to be your own person, how to count on your strength and hold on for a little while longer until things align again or until the world sets you free.
And I know that on some days you just want life to slow down, you wish that you could stop battling and start living. You want to be fought for instead of being the fighter, you want to be held instead of holding everything together and you want to be understood instead of drowning in the sea of your own confusion. But if you’re meant to face the hardest of battles alone, if you’re meant to keep fighting with little to no help, then maybe it can only get better from there, you can only rebuild after destruction. You can only find peace after war.
Success can be a lonely road. It can be a tough road. It’s not for everyone. Those who follow others like a sheep, will never know who they truly are. Only those who follow their own path can discover their true potential. Those who fly alone have the strongest wings. Those who walk alone have the strongest direction. The rest will always be in need of others for their survival. They will always need attention and need recognition for their survival.
And I know that it’s harder in some days to keep the faith and stay hopeful, but maybe that’s how you make it through, staying hopeful when things seem hopeless, staying intact when things are falling apart, knowing that eventually life will straighten itself out again, the picture won’t be upside down and the answers won’t be so confusing or so hard to find.
Those who have felt that they don’t fit in, those who have never had support, in anything they do. All of those who feel no one believes in them. You don’t need them to believe in you, if you believe in you. You don’t need their support, if you’ve got your own back. The best part is, if you truly live the life you want to live, when you speak your truth, when you embrace who you’re; then you gain real respect. People loves those who have the guts to be themselves. Those who have the courage to follow their heart. Why? Because most people wished that they could do the same.
I guess what keeps me going is knowing that we all get what we deserve in the end, what we work so hard for and what our hearts truly desire. Because just as things can change for the worse overnight, they can also change for the better. Just as things suddenly disappear, life can magically hand you more blessings.
And maybe you’re not meant to win every battle or get all the answers right but as long as you still know how to stand tall every time life knocks you down, you will prevail.
Ironically, life becomes easier when you know that even if you lose all your battles, as long as you haven’t lost yourself, you’re still a winner. It will all come good at the end.
