Ready for a rant? I hope u are cuz I am! Obviously. First of all, Happy Sunday everyone. Hope ur all feeling fantasmic on this wonderfully motivational and fitness-y day. So, Ive been going thru something kinda rough lately. Someone VERY close to me has been diagnosed with what is basically a life-threatening illness. The prognosis isnt great. Its been very stressful and tough. Now, Im not writing this for sympathy or anything like that. Im writing this because I think something I said to them can help u. U know, all these motivational sayings and quotes are really awesome, but if u dont apply the wisdom behind them to ur own life, then its kinda useless. So the last year, Ive been doing just that. Applying the positive stuff to myself when Im not feeling my best. Trying to be positive even when shit is negative. Yesterday, it was tested in a big way. This person I know very closely was crying to me, basically saying they were scared out of their mind because they felt hopeless. I tried my best not to cry. I wanted to be strong. And then I started to think... If this was one of the people who email me, what would I say? What little inspirational thing would pop into my head that could make them feel any better about this terrible situation? Its not easy to find the right words when ur staring into the eyes of someone u love as theyre crying out of an incredible level of fear. But, this is what I said... If u KNEW, u were gonna die TOMORROW, how would u live ur life TODAY? After that, I said... U are still YOU. Ur still a strong and tough human being. U are not an illness. The illness is just something u have to deal with. But IT, is NOT YOU. Believe it or not, that person stopped crying. They looked at me, with a look of understanding. It made sense. So I wanted to share this with u because I think maybe it can help u in ur own life. Maybe u can understand that sitting on the couch waiting for life to give u whatever it feels like giving u is NOT THE ANSWER. NOBODY knows better than me about wasting time, so I know damn well how important and precious it is. Honestly, Im proud that I found the right words in a moment of fear, sadness, and desperation. It gives me some hope that I kinda know what Im doing now with all this stuff. If youve read this far, thanks. Its a nice day to be alive. Go Feel Great.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:42:55 +0000
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