Nancy just gets it. Beautiful words from a beautiful girl, spoken from experience, with an attitude of change and a heart of gold. Thanks for writing you lovely soul.
Its funny how things pan out sometimes. When
you just stop thinking and worrying, sometimes things just fall into
place. A perfect example of this is how
I have wanted to start a blog for the past couple weeks, but didn't have the
courage to start one. A day after I told my roommates I wanted to, I get a
message from Mary asking me to write something for her blog. It was perfect
timing and a great opportunity. My moment of gratitude isn’t one specific
thing, but about finding and holding on to the small joys in life. I know it
can be hard to take the time to enjoy the small things, especially when you are
surrounded by so much chaos in our insanely fast paced lives. But when you can
finally take a minute to slow down and take in all the beautiful things to be
thankful for, your life will slowly brighten up. I’m not saying I am some sort
of inspirational guru, I get down and finding the positive in life wasn't and
still isn’t always easy for me. Waking up with the weight of the world on my
shoulders and my heart racing was a common occurrence for me, but I am thrilled
to say that this summer things have changed. Most mornings I wake up with a
sense of calm, I feel refreshed in a way. I start thinking about all the small
things I am so grateful for, like my room in my student house, waking up to a
“good morning beautiful” text from a man who has put a permanent smile on my
face, getting to come home to the most wonderful roommates after long day of
class and having the strongest mother to turn to everyday. I am not perfect, I
have really bad days, and I understand that it’s hard to pick out the positive
in life when you feel so overwhelmed with the negative. Even though five good
things may have happened to you today that one negative has outweighed all the
good. The one thing that helps me get
through those really horrible, terrible bad days is the idea that everything
happens for a reason. I truly believe in this notion, you may not be able to
figure out what the reason is right away but eventually, when you stop thinking
about how sad you are you will have stumbled upon the reason without even
realizing it. Once you have found that
reason, hold onto it and never let it go, because the next time something bad
may happen to you holding on to that past reason will give you hope that one-day
things might just make sense.
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