You and Me

Sometimes it is hard to live.

I understand that. So do you.

Sometimes we find ourselves in one of our darkest and most painful moments, but I promise you this moment will pass. 

Sometimes we feel so sick that we are afraid to survive, but I promise you that you will realize you are stronger than you think. 

Sometimes we long for others to share our burdens and could not find one willing to bear the weight of our burdens, but I promise you these burdens are not so heavy if you choose to view them as challenges intended to strengthen you. 

You and me, we may have our moments when we feel so desperately alone in this mad, mad world, but I am telling you the truth when I say we are not as alone as we fear.

It is within you where the power lies. This power allows you to change the only thing that can be changed in this world. 

This thing, the only changeable thing in the world, is you.

Your mind, to be exact. 

You as a person may not change. It may be even impossible to transform yourself into someone else. It may be just as impossible as changing the world you are seeing before your very eyes. However, your thoughts can and do change.

Dare yourself to forgive and love yourself. Dare yourself to forgive and love others. Dare yourself to forgive and love the world. 

If you choose to forgive and love yourself, others, and the world, you may begin to witness the greatest miracle of life: the beauty of your inner spirit. 

Through this beauty, you may find yourself managing to smile even in the darkest and most painful moments in your life. 

Through this beauty, you may recognize the sickness as a period of much-needed rest and self-care to allow you to recollect your strength. 

Through this beauty, you may feel the springiness in your feet as you carry the weight of your burdens.

It is of utmost importance that for every situation that comes to pass in your life, you must always choose love. 

Shall you ever fail in making such a choice in a situation, forgive and love yourself immediately. Often. Always. 

You are more loved than you would allow yourself to believe. You are forgiven more often than you thought you deserve. 

It happens because you are the most important person in your life. No one is truer than you. No one is you.

Because no one is you, you feel alone. However, because no one is you, you are the truest and most important person you would ever know in all your life. 

Offer yourself nothing but kindness, friendship, forgiveness and love. 

And the rest of the world will follow you.