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It's About How You Look At Things

Sometimes the only way to be happy is to be sad first

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It's About How You Look At Things
Cody McDonald

A comfort zone is a nice cozy place we all retreat to from time to time. But the reality is that nothing grows there.Each and every one of us will go through phases or times in our lives that require some effort or support system to get through. Sadly, sometimes it has to get harder before it gets easier but that's just how life works sometimes. Love is a wild thing and it's crazy how love works. Sometimes it happens to be an old relationship that's holding you back from greater things ahead. If so, remember that an ex is an ex for a reason.

Friendships have the ability to be toxic too. Sometimes you have to move past several different friends after realizing that the friendship was damaging to your elf-esteem. There is no time like the present. It’s easy to focus on the past and all of those who have wronged us. But doesn't it take more out of us to hold a grudge then to just move past it? We, as people, literally choose to be positive. All of us have the power to not let negative vibes or people affect our life, and to only let in positivity and happiness. Remember that second chances are not the same as forgiveness. You don't always need a reason to be happy.

But like any obstacle, in order to get through moving on from something incredibly life changing and difficult, you need a proper support system. Find what it is and stick with it. Positivity is a process. There may be days where everything is terrible and all you want to do is lie in bed and cry, and that’s okay. It will happen and we all will experience things like that. But you can't always change your situation. The good news is you can change how you react to it. I mean think about it, when we plant flowers, if it doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.

Life is about falling down six times and standing up seven and not letting anyone or anything come in between our dreams. You just do it. You sometimes need to force yourself to get up and to put one foot in front of the other. You have to refuse to let it get to you.

Lastly, everything in life passes and everything changes. Life can be shitty sometimes. There may be a day where you wake up and never end up speaking to someone who meant the world to you; but that's ok. You will survive.

Healing, really is a just process. It’s a painful and uncomfortable one at best, but its part of it. Sometimes you need to start over again, and again and again. Eventually it will stick and eventually it will all start to make sense, because with starting over comes strength. Moving along with a loss of any type is part of growing. Like I said before, the mean and evil world outside can sharpen us like a blade. But whether we choose to use that ability to protect people or cause them pain is a decision that we each need to make.

"Not everything you lose is always a loss"

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