28/10/2021
Think we all need a little reminder 💖
I used to look around and wonder how everyone else seemed to keep it all together when some days, I was on the verge of falling apart.
What was I doing wrong?
I soon realized I wasn’t alone- so many of my friends told me that they, too, faced uphill battles a lot of the time.
It’s hard to be happy when you feel like you’re constantly fighting just to make it through your days sometimes.
That’s when someone dear to me shared a sentiment I’ll never forget.
“It’s okay not to be okay.”
I was stunned.
I never thought anyone else struggled like I did because they certainly didn’t show it.
I realized that they were just better at building a stronger facade..
Somehow, the knowledge that I wasn’t alone changed everything for me.
To know that my friends, the people I met every day..many of them felt just like I did was like a breath of fresh air.
I don’t want anyone to struggle, but sometimes, it’s just a part of life for us all.
We all battle small challenges every day, it’s just that some of us have learned how to rise above..stronger and better.
I know now that it’s okay not to be okay every day..
I can cry in the shower when I’m upset, I can scream in the car when I get frustrated, and I can struggle without it being the end of the world.
I’ll never have all the answers and I won’t know where I’m going a lot of the time, but what matters most is that I keep going.
I’ll keep my face to the sun and the darkness of despair can’t bury me anymore, no matter how hard it gets.
I’ll always have those days when nothing goes right and even my hair doesn’t want to cooperate, but I know now I can handle those things- whether they’re huge or tiny- and I’ll make it through.
It’s okay not to be okay, whether it’s for a moment, an hour or a day..
I don’t owe anyone an explanation and I’m going to make it though whatever storm has crashed down on me.
After all, you can’t have rainbows without a little rain.
When the rain is coming down hard and you think you can’t go on, that’s the time you have to do the hardest thing of all..
You have to put the hardship aside, hold your head up high and just dance in the rain.
If it’s gonna storm, might as well have a little fun along the way.
|ravenwolf
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