We all have good days and bad days on this journey of life. Sometimes it’s in response to our own actions and others it is just the way of the world.
Many of us were raised to believe that we aren’t allowed to have a bad day; that we are supposed to always be in a good mood.
That is the furthest from the truth!
A major part of life’s journey is to embrace everything that we experience, learn from it, and use it to inform our future. If you want to cry, it’s ok to cry. If you need rest, it’s ok to rest. The only thing that it is not ok to do, is give up.
You have to keep going, even when the tunnel appears to be dark… you will eventually find that the spec of light turns into a beaming glare- giving you direction to keep moving forward.
As I type this, I keep thinking about the Donnie McClurkin song “Stand,” where he says… after you’ve done all you can, you just stand!
If you’re having a bad day, week, or month while reading this… I want you to know that storms never last forever. I also want to remind you that flowers can’t grow without being planted in a dark place and being watered by the rain.
This too shall pass!