Life is Good
Life is good. We're privileged people who have TONS of privileges. Don't whine because of school, celebrate it! Celebrate life, friends, the joy you have just being alive! It's not always easy to be joyful, but it should be. Life is beautiful. Laughter is lovely. So SMILE. Laugh. Chill out. Remember what's important. Don't worry around grades or school or stress every second of every day. Love lasts, friendships last. Joy lasts, grades don't. Be okay with disagreeing with people, even wise people, but don't forget their advice. Express your disagreement politely, if you must express it. Let go of your arguments. Don't bicker. Smile, laugh it off, accept your mistakes and genuinely try harder next time. Don't worry about the future if you can do something about it - get up and do it!! Don't worry if you can't- it wastes time and energy. Don't leave your family behind. Save money. Eat well, but don't make yourself miserable. Enjoy yourself, splurge sometimes, but not every time. "Love all, trust a few, and do wrong to none." -William Shakespeare
I wrote this in February and wanted to share it with you guys. Some days we just feel like our lives are awful, and we can't find any reason to be joyful. But really, we shouldn't decide our level of joy based on our circumstances. We should always be radiating joy because of what Jesus has done for us. I don't wanna sound super cheesy and sappy, but it's something we all need to hear daily. I'm not saying I'm good at this, or that it's easy. I'm not, and it's hard. It's easy to be happy when we feel like we've all got it figured out, our homework is done, and we're enjoying a good book with ice cream. But when we know heartache is around the corner, when we're leaving someone we love or when someone we love is leaving us, we don't want to be happy. And I'm not saying we can't ever cry. I think crying is good. We need to cry sometimes. Just not all the time. We need to be able to get up and get moving. To say "I'm okay. I'm sad, and I realize that, but I'm gonna be okay. I'm gonna survive this, I'm gonna make it through this tough time. I'm okay." Then get up, and do something. Go for a walk. Eat ice cream. Read a book. Watch a Tim Hawkins video. I personally love writing and listening to calm music. Addi's 'Rainy, Melancholy' playlist on Spotify is really good to listen to while writing something sad. And I feel better. I'm not sure why listening to sad music and writing sad words make me feel better, but it does. Sometimes, you just need to cry. There's some days where the feeling of pain and sorrow is too much. Where you just can't handle it any more, and you just need to bury your face in your pillow and sob yourself to sleep. And that's perfectly okay.
That's my ramble for the day. I hope you enjoyed.
Thanks for reading,
Holly Beth.
I wrote this in February and wanted to share it with you guys. Some days we just feel like our lives are awful, and we can't find any reason to be joyful. But really, we shouldn't decide our level of joy based on our circumstances. We should always be radiating joy because of what Jesus has done for us. I don't wanna sound super cheesy and sappy, but it's something we all need to hear daily. I'm not saying I'm good at this, or that it's easy. I'm not, and it's hard. It's easy to be happy when we feel like we've all got it figured out, our homework is done, and we're enjoying a good book with ice cream. But when we know heartache is around the corner, when we're leaving someone we love or when someone we love is leaving us, we don't want to be happy. And I'm not saying we can't ever cry. I think crying is good. We need to cry sometimes. Just not all the time. We need to be able to get up and get moving. To say "I'm okay. I'm sad, and I realize that, but I'm gonna be okay. I'm gonna survive this, I'm gonna make it through this tough time. I'm okay." Then get up, and do something. Go for a walk. Eat ice cream. Read a book. Watch a Tim Hawkins video. I personally love writing and listening to calm music. Addi's 'Rainy, Melancholy' playlist on Spotify is really good to listen to while writing something sad. And I feel better. I'm not sure why listening to sad music and writing sad words make me feel better, but it does. Sometimes, you just need to cry. There's some days where the feeling of pain and sorrow is too much. Where you just can't handle it any more, and you just need to bury your face in your pillow and sob yourself to sleep. And that's perfectly okay.
That's my ramble for the day. I hope you enjoyed.
Thanks for reading,
Holly Beth.
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