It is already hard to navigate modern society as a young adult. It is even harder to comprehend the ever-changing tides that are shaped by time, luck, or circumstance.
Sometimes life does truly feel like an Olivia Rodrigo song, “One step forward and three steps back.” It also feels like the song by ABBA, “slipping through my fingers.” Both look at how time and past memories come so quickly and go so fast.
It’s difficult to remain positive- to conjure positivity from within to reach out to something or to dig out some hope for the next step.
What is the next step? Is it to go back to the beginning and start again? Is it to fall and rise up? Is it to continuously rise up and view every obstacle as a learning moment? What happens when you are tired of learning through bitter lessons? What happens when you are trying to just sail through the joys of every given moment?
It’s challenging. On one hand, you have faith for today,even tomorrow, but at the same time, there is a fear that maybe good things are just not meant for you. Hence, the back and forth, with growth and development.
But then again, what is the basis of all this? Is it comparison?Knowing full well that Comparison is a thief of joy, we tend to move within the world,being content with what you have and embracing the hand that you have been dealt. Yet,still holding on to the belief that tomorrow will bring a good gift, maybe some good news that will finally change the trajectory.
Life can be challenging for someone who doesn’t want to vent properly for the fear of being looked at in a different light by those they love and cherish, especially when you want them to have a good image of you.
What if I explain the struggle and all of a sudden, I am a charity case? Of course sometimes I am in need of help but I also don’t want to end up as someone seen as “woe is me”.
I want to enjoy time with loved ones without having to look back and regret ever opening up to them.
Life can be tough as you get older and realize that there are so many variables that can impact life, both internally and externally. It is imperative that you maintain hope-The kind that is shrouded in reality so that the heart is heavily cushioned from the nature of heartbreaks that can just spring up on you.
Life will not always offer motivational quotes, sometimes you will have to write your own motivation, by taking time to reflect and persevere.
I mean there should be a purpose to why we are all here! So why should we go through life without ever understanding that purpose?
Purpose requires resilience, and resilience is an everyday fight to get up and go again.
This was an interesting piece of thought for me because I decided to rant out my life’s chaos in word format. I don’t have life figured out, I don’t know what will happen to me in the near future. Though I hope for the best, I can’t always write my pieces like self-help books when the confusion is what needs to come out at that time in order for me to figure out my next steps. Hopefully when I read this post again, I would have made sense out of everything going on in my life and I hope that you as a reader can sift through the confusion and find something that resonates with you and offers you some internal peace.
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