Hope. There is a lot of things that can happen in life. Whether we want them to or not, they influence us, even in small ways we might not notice. Expending the brain power to process the world around us can make us feel this overwhelming sense of worry, grief or even spite. And even if there isn’t a way to prevent it from happening, there is a state of mind we should at least try to achieve.
In our darkest paths, when we feel at our lowest without an inkling of light or hope is exactly when we need help. A lot of it. But we don’t always have what it takes to reach out for it, even when we need it most. That’s what friends are for. Even strangers can fill this void. A simple touch, a smile, anything at all can be all it takes to shake us free of our catatonic state and bring us back to an aware state of our situation and give us the hope we need to carry on.
Don’t allow yourself to be broken down. When you are at your lowest is when you have the most potential to rebound. Just as easily as you can be knocked into despair when you’re at your happiest, the right circumstances (which /will/ come around eventually) can launch us right back into the positive from the depths of negativity. Just that you’re never too far gone.
So to always look up. The sky might not be as dark as it seems. The clouds might part just for your gaze. The sun might finally shine down. And we might never notice if we fail to just look up and notice it. So don’t resist when others try and convince you to look up. Or lift you up. Even if they go about it the wrong way, don’t let it embitter you. Instead, realize their intention and allow them to do what they can for you.
I know all of this is much more easily said than done, but with all of our talk about despair and hopeless that seems so prevalent nowadays, the only hope is to have a paradigm shift: A change of mind and perspective. So allow yourself to think that there are silver linings in the storm clouds that loom. And don’t turn away when they start to break.
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