Most of us who binge watch Grey’s are either lonely, deeply in love, have the “hots” for McDreamy and McSteamy, or maybe even all three. However, the excuse doesn’t matter, because the show is just that good. Whether it’s the anxious life of Meredith Grey that keeps us watching or the phenomenal successes Cristina Yang somehow always manages to pull right out of her scrubs, the character, personality, and love in this show will never fail to teach us a life-long lesson.
1. “We’re all going to die. We don’t get much say over how or when, but we do get to decide how we’re going to live. So do it… Decide.” –Richard Webber
And there you have it. Live the life you want to live! Challenge yourself. Question yourself. Are you waking up in the morning motivated and ready to start your day? You should be. Are you going to bed thinking about how satisfied you are with yourself and your day? You should be.
Every day is a new day to start over and satisfy yourself more than you did yesterday, so do it! Be the best version of you. The only person in control of your life is yourself, so why not make the most of it the way you want?
2. "Being alone has its benefits." -Cristina Yang
Most people think being alone all the time is depressing or “lonely,” but it’s not as bad as it seems. What being alone really means is finding inner peace and learning more about ourselves than we normally would. Whether we’re having a bad hair day, forgot to study for a test, or it started down pouring on our walk to class, the only one who can cheer us up the most is ourselves: our own happiness. Being alone teaches us how to love ourselves, and I think that’s the most important thing we need to learn how to do: love ourselves first.
3. “It always feels like there is just one person in this world to love. And then you find somebody else, and it just seems crazy that you were ever worried in the first place.” –Lexie Grey
Never lose yourself thinking you will never find “love” again after watching it fade away with just one person, because that is not true. Whether your journey is to find love within a friend, a family member, or a soulmate, you will find love again. But I can tell you that, in most cases, at least, it won’t happen overnight. It will happen when you least expect it, and it will happen at a perfect time, and it will make you feel “crazy that you were ever worried in the first place.” Yeah, that’s when you’ll know it’s the right kind of love for you.
4. “He is not the sun. You are.” –Cristina Yang
Could this BE any more self-explanatory? Him, her, them, anyone! No one else is as important at the end of the day as you are. No matter what. Don’t lose sleep over the people who don’t matter, who don’t care, or who don’t serve a valuable purpose in your life, because all that will do is eat away at you and will fill your brain with negative thoughts that shouldn’t even be there in the first place. Pick yourself up, remember your worth, and move on! Instead, try to be someone else’s “sun.” Who knows, maybe you’re the perfect piece of someone’s life that they’re missing.
5. “All the pain and the fear and the crap, maybe going through all that is what keeps us moving forward.” –Alex Karev
Pain, fear, and the “crap” that goes along with it: that is, in fact, what keeps us moving forward. How do you expect yourself to learn from fear or failure if you’ve never stepped outside of your comfort zone to experience it? Exactly; you’ll never learn if you don’t! In order to conquer failure or fear, you have to put yourself through it. And at that point, it won’t matter if you win or lose, because what matters more is you trying, and what matters even more than that is knowing that there will always be another chance to get it right.
Whether you’re scared of being alone, worried about how to live your life, curious about love, or caught up in the mess of all three, you’ll figure it out. Life is not an hourglass, and your life is not built on a time frame.
