Why? How? What if?

*cue anxiety attack*

Somewhere along the line, we have all been in sticky situations that we cannot stop thinking about. Our negative thoughts begin to eat away at our rational ones, and we end up prolonging the results and mentally draining ourselves.

I like to think of it like this: All of our positive thoughts are flowers budding around our brain. Every once in a while, a negative thought pops up, like a weed. We start to pay more attention to getting rid of the weed, and we forget to water all the flowers and end up becoming so obsessed with killing the weeds that our flowers dwindle and shrink.

Unfortunately, some of us have to deal with overthinking more than others do. There are people out there that overthink every single situation in their lives and ultimately end up killing all the beautiful flowers that once surrounded them. I am one of those people.

I know what you're thinking: "She's doing it to herself," or "It's her own fault," or even, "Just ignore it." Trust me, if it was that easy I would not be taking the time to write this right now.

The sad truth is that people, like me, were once so optimistic. The glass was always half full, and the sun was always shining on them. But somewhere along the way, the sun stopped shining so bright, and reality set in that things don't always work out the way we expect them to.

Here comes the hard part: when good things actually happen to you. What do you do then? Well first, you could run. Second, you could accept it. Or you can do what I do and think of every possible outcome of the situation, create scenarios in your mind that have 1 percent chance of actually happening, and prepare for the worst.

While running would be the easiest thing to do, accepting good things is harder than swimming across the ocean. We have become accustomed to bluntly accepting things the way they are and moving on.

While this might sound like the most depressing post on the planet, there are some pros to our annoying thought processes. We enjoy the little things. Watching a stunning sunset, indulging in some freshly baked brownies, or witnessing random acts of kindness all help to water the flowers in our brains. When we expect the unexpected in such negative ways day after day, it is actually quite easy to enjoy short bursts of exciting events to remind us that it's not all that bad after all before we go on worrying about when the next weed will sprout.

With this in mind, it is important to remember that we are all on different paths. We have to be sensitive to others around us. What would be a totally easy decision for one person could be causing another complete torture and agony. We are all coexisting together, and we have to remember that it is our job to plant seeds in brains all around the world so we can one day live in a world free of weeds and bountiful in flowers.