Welcome back family. I appreciate you for tuning in and sharing some of your time with me.
So today I'm sitting at my desk, thinking about alllll the things I have to do or take of in the next 30 or so days, and you know what: I'm feeling defeated. So defeated, I have tears in my eyes and I'm ready to crawl back in that whole that I like to go to when times get rough. We all know about that hole from time to time. It can be falsely perceived as a safe space, when it actually creates more harms than good.
Even as I type this post, I have tears running down my cheeks y'all. But I came here to remind y'all that this pain I feel, you feel, we all feel; is temporary. Really all things are temporary if you think about it. Stress, sadness, guilt, shame, anger, LIFE, is ultimately temporary. So, with that being said, you can't give up when times get rough. You have to remain steadfast and confident in yourself. Everything won't be great, hell it may not even be good, but it's a wonderful thing to know that it's not permanent.
One of my favorite people in life is my Take Stock mentor, Jeff Tranovich. Mr. Jeff has been with me since ninth grade and over time has given me some of the best advice in life. "Make your bed every morning and get your clothes out at night," he would say to me. But the best thing he could've ever told and showed me was how mental toughness was the key to success. "I'll give you 60 seconds to cry because it's okay to cry. But when them 60 seconds is up; you get up and get it done!" Well Mr. Jeff, I'm taking my 60 seconds right now.
We all know life gets hard y'all. Seems like it gets harder as each day passes by. People ask me all the time how I do it: being a mama and a student among other things, coming from the background I come from and overcoming the obstacles that I've faced. To answer them at once, I really don't know how I do it. But I do know that being strong minded has helped me conquer most things. The discomfort, the pain, the hurt, all those negative things are necessary. I wouldn't want a pain free life because I believe you can't really learn from that. You can't grow from that either. Everything that happens, everything that you feel; both good and back, is necessary for you to maximize your potential. Once you conquer the mind, the body will follow. Yes, circumstances are rough, but I'm mentally tough! Thanks to all my dark days and sad days, I know I can make it through most things now. Just your unwillingness to submit to life can prove your determintaion to live! Make use of the gifts, talents, and energy that is in you, resting on the fact that you were created to serve a purpose.
Today's post was more for me than anything else. But I hope it can encourage you to look beyond what you're going through, knowing that it's for the betterment of you. Life is all about perspective, so remember to take all things as joy. Know that you will not be defeated by a mere snapshot of misfortune, or even by an extensive record of it. Endure.
So today I'm sitting at my desk, thinking about alllll the things I have to do or take of in the next 30 or so days, and you know what: I'm feeling defeated. So defeated, I have tears in my eyes and I'm ready to crawl back in that whole that I like to go to when times get rough. We all know about that hole from time to time. It can be falsely perceived as a safe space, when it actually creates more harms than good.
Even as I type this post, I have tears running down my cheeks y'all. But I came here to remind y'all that this pain I feel, you feel, we all feel; is temporary. Really all things are temporary if you think about it. Stress, sadness, guilt, shame, anger, LIFE, is ultimately temporary. So, with that being said, you can't give up when times get rough. You have to remain steadfast and confident in yourself. Everything won't be great, hell it may not even be good, but it's a wonderful thing to know that it's not permanent.
One of my favorite people in life is my Take Stock mentor, Jeff Tranovich. Mr. Jeff has been with me since ninth grade and over time has given me some of the best advice in life. "Make your bed every morning and get your clothes out at night," he would say to me. But the best thing he could've ever told and showed me was how mental toughness was the key to success. "I'll give you 60 seconds to cry because it's okay to cry. But when them 60 seconds is up; you get up and get it done!" Well Mr. Jeff, I'm taking my 60 seconds right now.
We all know life gets hard y'all. Seems like it gets harder as each day passes by. People ask me all the time how I do it: being a mama and a student among other things, coming from the background I come from and overcoming the obstacles that I've faced. To answer them at once, I really don't know how I do it. But I do know that being strong minded has helped me conquer most things. The discomfort, the pain, the hurt, all those negative things are necessary. I wouldn't want a pain free life because I believe you can't really learn from that. You can't grow from that either. Everything that happens, everything that you feel; both good and back, is necessary for you to maximize your potential. Once you conquer the mind, the body will follow. Yes, circumstances are rough, but I'm mentally tough! Thanks to all my dark days and sad days, I know I can make it through most things now. Just your unwillingness to submit to life can prove your determintaion to live! Make use of the gifts, talents, and energy that is in you, resting on the fact that you were created to serve a purpose.
Today's post was more for me than anything else. But I hope it can encourage you to look beyond what you're going through, knowing that it's for the betterment of you. Life is all about perspective, so remember to take all things as joy. Know that you will not be defeated by a mere snapshot of misfortune, or even by an extensive record of it. Endure.
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| The aya (fern) is a Ghanaian symbol of endurance and resourcefulness. The fern is a hardy plant that can grow in difficult places. “An individual who wears this symbol suggests that he has endured many adversities and outlasted much difficulty.” |
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." Lance Armstrong
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