There is Hope

Being human is the most difficult task you'll ever face.

If it wasn't so very depressing, it would almost be hilarious how unfair it is. Things don't have any rhyme or explanation to them. Everything appears to be alright one minute, and you feel like you're finally starting to turn a corner the next. Things aren't perfect, and you're still not completely content with your life, but they're improving.

The next thing you know, you're in excruciating pain. Misery settles on you like a cloud, shattering your world into a million pieces. Nothing makes sense anymore as everything is turned upside down. It feels as if all you've worked for has been for naught.

There's no way of knowing when or where this anguish will strike; all we know is that it will. We learn that we will be evicted. We are laid off. When the people we love most in this world pass away, we are left with just recollections of how things used to be.

Grief is a powerful emotion. It engulfs you entirely. It is available in a variety of shapes and sizes. It appears in a variety of surprising places.

It can make life unbearably difficult at times. However, we must continue. We must continue to push forward and break new ground. We must persevere no matter how horrible things become.

Life is nothing more than a sequence of ups and downs. We don't enjoy it as much when we're awake. When we're down, it can feel as if the world is dying and our lives are coming to an end.

Nothing we can do will be able to stop it. We can't stop horrible things from happening. As long as we live, the waves will continue to wash over us, with happiness followed by despair and pain. It's just the way things are.

We have no influence over what occurs in our lives. All we have control over is how we react to the events that occur in our lives. How much we suffer is determined by our attitude and perspective when confronted with life's challenges.

We can deal with everything if we accept that awful things happen and stop trying to hide or run away from them. When life throws us the darkest, most heinous events, we must be able to look them in the eyes and smile.

Everything that occurs in our lives, whether good or terrible, provides us with opportunities to learn, grow, and develop. We will enjoy the better times when they arrive if we can learn the lessons we needed to learn from the saddest circumstances.

When bad things happen to us, all we can do is attempt to be tough and see the wider picture. Because of the trees, don't lose sight of the forest. Allow yourself to grieve for as long as you need to, but don't stay in it for any longer than that.

Negative emotions have a lot of power. Even if we are shattered and powerless, they make us feel strong. They have the potential to become addictive. We can wallow in our pain because it appears to be a better option than learning from our mistakes and moving on.

In life, we must be kind and sympathetic to ourselves as well as others. At the end of the day, everyone is engaged in an internal conflict about which we are unaware.

Healing is a process that cannot be rushed. It must occur in its own time. The anguish we feel as a result of our life's worst and darkest tragedies may never go away completely, but it does become easier to manage. The pain that rushes over us so forcefully at first begins to touch us only when we are reminded of something or someone.

These waves of pain have become less and less frequent throughout the years, like the tide heading out to sea. They also have a lower impact on us. They still make us sad, but they've become expected, and as time passes, we learn new lessons, get new views, and develop new outlooks that help us make sense of things and find our own personal peace with the suffering we've through.

In the end, our life experiences are mostly determined by how we interpret things. You'll have the perspective you need to keep your head up and keep moving through this crazy, confused experience we call life if you can maintain an attitude and mind state of always striving to look at the wider picture.

There is always the possibility of hope. Things can always improve. The most essential thing you can do for yourself is to love and forgive yourself for any wrongdoing you may have committed. There is no such thing as perfection, and hindsight is always 20/20. In each case, we can only do the best we can with the knowledge we have. You're merely a living organism doing what it does best: survive.