Hear hear!
This is an amazing thread. Thanks Alli for creating it!
Here's something I actually wrote today as I was on my way to beg my doctor to let me get back on chemo since I was forced to stop it in July due to my body no longer responding to it, mind you I'm a Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, SLE Lupus, Severe heart failure and other Autoimmune illnesses survivor for which I was on chemo for.
(And since I was put on a new drug, it was actually making things worse so much that after I was over stressed from people getting to me which hardly ever happens; it could've been fatal but thankfully I learned let go.
Sorry for the small explanation but I had to in order for you to understand my encouraging words to myself.)
So, I wrote this for me but also for all the people out there that needed a reminder of how amazing we all are in our very own ways, and I hope it helps at least one of you. Copied from my Instagram btw since that's where I originally posted it.
Here's the way I see it.
The world has enough critics.
It doesn't hurt to show kindness to others but most importantly yourself!
I've gone through enough in my life to know that you should never have to give in to trivialities. Those come and go. Your life however; is just one and while you're here, why waste it in unimportant things when there's so much beauty you can partake in?
You still breathe air to your lungs, your heart still beats to the rhythm of your blood flow that runs through your veins, your face can still feel the wind softly caressing it.
If you have a significant other, you can still feel the warmth of their kiss on your lips, if you've got children, you still have the opportunity to see them grow even if for an extra day.
You may not have it all but surely you've got enough and sometimes enough is all you need.
You have food in your table, you have a roof over your head, you may not be as healthy but you're healthier than others, and more than anything; you've got the love of those around you.
You'll have bad days but that doesn't mean it's a bad life, in fact, why not take the negative and use it to create something positive around you?
Sometimes in order to stand up taller you must fall on your butt hard. But you know what? That's also good as long as you remember what the bottom looks like and carry that humility with you on your way back up.
Enjoy life for you only have one.
Don't waste it in trivialities.
You also don't have to wait to be dying to start living! Take it from this Pro.
Make the best of what the circumstances give you. Life doesn't have to suck if you enjoy the fact that you're still alive and breathing. And those bad moments won't last forever. Eternity is what you make of it.
Sometimes breathing is the biggest achievement you can have and that in all honesty is enough as long as you do it with a smile even through the darkest of times. The world is made of survivors. Those who never gave up even when everyone else gave up on them. Because it is true. Sometimes even to live is an act of courage!
Smiles not only lit up rooms but lives too!
And when you feel like the sun will never come up because the dark clouds in front of you are too thick, remember that atop those grim clouds the sun is shining waiting for the tiniest break to get through to you again and shine brighter than it ever has.
Don't let illness or the bad stuff in your life for that matter, beat you down and define who you are.
How you deal with it defines you.
You can let situations break you or make you, so choose for the later.
Only you can define yourself but do so for the right reasons.
For the times were you could've given up but you kept going.
For the times you wanted to cry but you smiled anyway.
For the moments when pain was the one thing that made you stronger to face a new day.
You are a strong, beautiful, unique, independent, smart, extraordinary, fierce, courageous, amazing and the definition of what a survivor is.
Always remember that and carry those marks and scars with you as badges of honor you've acquired through the battles of life, for either losses or triumphs they've made who you are today.
Every single battle, tear, loss, achievements you've accomplished, are just the testament of how strong you are.
It won't be the first time nor it will be the last time that you'll go through things that will shake you; but ultimately, these things continue to lead you so you can head just to where you're supposed to be and right where you belong!
Jmona
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