To the girl who sees the good in everything,

I know you, and I am you. In a world with so much hate and fear and anger and sadness, it's hard to find positivity. But you are that positivity to yourself, and to everyone around you. People may often ask you how you can be so positive when things are so bad.

But you see that there's so much good among the bad too. You take opportunities to look on the bright side. Where others may see a reason to hide, you take it as an opportunity to make yourself more confident. You take some distance between friends as an opportunity to grow as a person. You take a bad grade as a chance to try harder and work to improve next time. You see that those bad things don't last, and at the end of the day all people want is to be happy and live a good life. You take your time to turn to the sun, rather than chase the storms that have halted you in the past.

Whether people around you are focused on the imminent political turmoil, or bad relationships, or stress over school or money or whatever the situation may be, you always know that good will come out of it. You can't truly know the outcome, but you can always hope that things will turn out for the best and people will stop being so full of fear and hate and just live their lives. While there are many things to worry and be anxious over in this world, if you spend your life worrying and living in fear of getting hurt or losing everything, you will miss out on the really good and lovely things this world has to offer. You are like me, and you get that there isn't an infinite amount of time to make the best of everything this world has to offer. You understand that there is never any amount of positivity that is too much because people will always try to challenge you.

It's hard to be cheerful and see the bright side, but there is always a bright side. That could mean you learn a lesson on what not to do in the future, or you happen to be lucky enough to find exactly what you're looking for by seeing the positive. Happiness and positivity don't always come from the world you exist in, and I'm sure you've learned by now that most of the time it comes from inside you. You have to make your world brighter, and by making it brighter for you, maybe you'll help make a difference in someone else's life too. You don’t want to see people suffering or feeling full of sadness. You don’t want people to drown in sadness that they can’t control, because of the setup of the world they exist in. Life is hard, and things don’t always go the way we want, but that doesn’t make it a bad life. Bad days exist, bad lives do not. But of course, you already knew that.

There are so many tests of your happiness and positivity, especially because people want to see you burn to make themselves feel better. But I have news for you and your soul full of optimism. The way you look at the world is rare, and that mentality won’t last forever. Keep your faith in the way you feel. Defend your beliefs and your ability to make good out of bad. Don’t let people take away your sunshine because, although it’s something that may go unnoticed, it’s an important trait to cherish and hold close to your heart. Take pride in how you are, and spread happiness and positivity in all things you do.

Love,

The girl who's just like you