Project 365: Day 146 — Struggle
Even the bravest people struggle sometimes. It takes a great deal of bravery to acknowledge the pain you’ve gone through and more so, to not get swept away by the wave of pain that is yet to come.
But it’s an even greater struggle to acknowledge that the worst is actually over, that the pain is actually the only way you will get better. Accept the pain, let it course through your veins, let it become part of your being. It’s like the fever that is actually a coping mechanism deployed by your body so that it recovers faster.
Acknowledge the necessity of that pain. It’s important to remind yourself that to move forward, you have to experience immense pain along with immense joy. It will be difficult, very difficult but give yourself as much time as you need. You will have the support of loved ones of course but they cannot predict how long you will struggle before normalcy returns. So allow yourself time to heal and love yourself, to go back to being the person you used to be.
