"The only way to prevail is to hit rock bottom. After all, you need something to push off of to fly high"
This was written on the bio of my aunties facebook page, I have only just read it, isn't it beautiful?
And so true! If you remember nothing else when you hit rock bottom- remember that. I know I write like one of the most optimistic people going, but believe me I don't go around with a constant smile plastered onto my face. I feel pain as much as the next person. In truth, I have contended with an awful lot in almost 17 years of life, and I know I will contend with an awful lot more, and the reason I love this quote so much is because I have hit rock bottom so many times for so many things, but I've never stayed there, like it says, I just needed something to push off from!
Humans seriously underestimate their ability to cope I think. We hear about a situation, sit there and think "I could never cope with that!" but then if we were faced with it, we would do what we have to do to cope with it, and 9 times out of ten, we make it through. (Mentioning 9 times out of 10 just reminded me of something, in a Terry Pratchet book there is a quote which says- Scientists say that there is a 1 in a million chance of a miraculous happening. But magicians have calculated that 1 in a million chances occur 9 times out of 10!) Sorry for the slight diversion! It might seem like you need a miricle to get through a situation, but even if it does- magicians have said that 1 in a million chances (ie a miracle) occur 9 times out of 10!
Seriously though, the people who know my story through ( and I aren't putting it on here it isn't the time or the place) say to me, "I don't know how you managed and still came through the other end!". I have a few things to say to that. Firstly, I aint out the other end yet either, but I do know that there's light there and I aren't stopping until I get to it. It's not easy, nor has it been easy, and nobody ever said it was, but it's possible with perserverence and persistance. And as for how I managed, well the truth is, I don't know that either, I just know that I did, and I did what I have to, and my decisions maybe wern't the best, and they wern't the ones that other people would have chosen, but still they were my decisions all the same, and whether or not they were the bests ones is regardless, because I've ended up in the same place.
Also, don't be scared to ask for help. It might surprise some to know (with my endless amount of clouds with silver linings) that I see a counsellor. I sought help, and they gave it to me, and she makes me feel so much better about a whole range of different things, and she makes it so that I can come on here and chat to all you lovely people about keeping on smiling and keeping on going :D Asking for help is not cowadice, it's intelligence, human beings are not ever meant to be alone creatures.
The expressions about the light at the end of the tunnel, the gold at the end of the rainbow, the clouds having silver linings! they're all true. Every cloud does have a silver lining, we just have to train our eyes to see them.And the light and gold at the end- that refers to a journey, and we have to carry on with the journey, because if we fall we are left with 2 choices, we stay on the floor and nothing changes except we get a little dirtier, or we stand up and brush ourselves off, and continue on our journey until the end and we feel stronger for falling.
Remember this aswell- in order to have a rainbow, we can't just have the sun, we are going to need a bit of rain aswell.
There's thunder and lightening and rain outside, how about we go dance in it? Enjoy :)
Keep Smiling :)
Love, Tutti-Frutti
xxx
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