SH*T Happens to the People Who Can Handle It

This is life. People will screw you over. You’ll fight with your family. You’ll witness things that will change you forever. You’ll blame new lovers for things old lovers did. You’ll lose best friends you thought would always be there. You’ll come to realize that everyone has a past. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh, and you’ll embarrass yourself. But then, you’ll find your very own moment where none of that matters; where you can sit back and realize that shit happens to the people who can handle it & that this is who you are, and no one should want to change you, including yourself. The more I look around and listen, I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No choice, however messy, is without importance in the overall picture of our lives. We all at our own age have to claim something, even if it's only our own confusion. I am in the middle of growing up and into myself.

There have been a lot of ups & downs, but ultimately at the end of the day, that's what makes you who you are. We all know how to laugh, we all know how to cry, and we all know how to love back. we all know heartache, but the world keeps moving, and we keep moving along with it, and everything we experience helps us realize how beautiful life really is.

We all have hopes and dreams. Someday, I’ll be smarter, prettier, funnier than I am right now. I’ll be a better friend, a better daughter, a better student, a better lover. I’ll be kinder, gentler, maybe even more open minded. I’ll be bold, confident, and practical. I’ll be everything I hope to be. Let’s face the facts, life will never be perfect. No matter how high you climb, things will always knock you down. You will never be completely content with every bit and piece of your life. But you’ll never be anything more than what you are right now, you will never progress in any way, and you will never be any stronger if you don’t allow yourself to be weaker. Things don’t break your heart so you can cry and eat Ben & Jerry’s all day. At some point, things will be terrible. They will break your heart, shatter you, bring you to your knees. You will cry so many tears, lose so much sleep, and evidently you fall apart. And then, you will be stronger.