Yes, you heard me. There will be days when you’d feel like you’re not getting it. You feel slow, so behind, down, uninspired, even clumsy, and unsteady. There will be days when you’d doubt yourself and your capacity, question your plans, and beliefs, or how you walk on this journey called life. Yes, the struggle is real. We have our highs and lows and sometimes we find it difficult to handle both.
In this amazing journey that we all share, it’s without a doubt that all of us are eternal students of a real-life university. We stumble and make mistakes, and at times we reap small wins and victories too. It’s an exciting experience, at least, if you perceive it that way.
You see, we see the world through lenses that we choose to put on. Some of us wear a pair of blurry ones, some too clear, and some are just about right. What do I mean?
I have met a lot of people who are either too negative or too optimistic. I don’t judge, I’d tell you that. I’d take the person as he is and get to know him as time unfolds. Talk about being a realist.
I wasn’t born a realist, but I think I became one as I navigated my way through pleasant and unpleasantness experiences. If you’ve read past articles that I wrote, ( https://sundaewrites.wordpress.com/it-all-burned-down-to-the-ground/ , https://sundaewrites.wordpress.com/the-bitter-pill/, https://sundaewrites.wordpress.com/make-room/, https://sundaewrites.wordpress.com/closed-doors/), I’ve shared an empowering question that most of us fail or fear to ask ourselves. The question of “What Now?”.
This sort of examination is so freeing and empowering as it gives us the courage to let go of what used to be, what we had or have lost in the past, and opens our eyes to the present along with the possibilities that are out there, things that we can hope for and realize. This brings me back to the first three words you’ve read in this piece- “Ride it out”.
Let these words sink in. Yes, days can be difficult sometimes, just like the weather. But imagine yourself as water making your way through a river. Surely you will hit rocks but still, you’d flow your way around it. You go on and on, to wherever your strength could take you.
Next time when you feel like you’re down and weak, don’t feel too bad about it. Don’t sulk in tears. If you must, allow yourself to cry or frown. Feel the feeling, experience it, but not for long. At one point you have to tell yourself, “That’s enough”. You have to pick yourself up and move on. Others say, “Fake it ‘till you make it”, but I say, “Fake it ‘till you BE it.- all in a positive context. Emotion follows motion. Smile and leap instead of walk. Trust me, you’ll be surprised by how different you’d start to feel.
Light up my friend. Never let a gloomy day or a losing moment, weigh you down too much or too long. It happens to everyone even to the best of the best. Life is too short to let yourself get stuck in that one moment forever. Again I say, ride it out!
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