LIFE IS...

Life is not always good. Life is not always rainbows and butterflies.
Its true that there will be days where everything seems to be perfect.
Everything seems to be right and you are the happiest person alive.
Those days should be appreciated because before you know it, they will be gone.

There will be days where life will throw you against the wall,
days where it will push you down, kick you, spit at you,
and make you eat dirt!
Days where you will want to quit,
Days where you will want to cry, scream or give up!
Days where you will feel alone, even among friends.
Days where you will wonder if its all worth it at the end,
If all this suffering, if all this pain, if all these troubles will ever go away.
You cant see the light. You search for it, but all you see is the darkness that awaits for you ahead.

Friends, family and even strangers will tell you the same thing,
"Dont worry everything will be ok"
"Suck it up, it will be over before you know it"
"This will teach you to be strong"
"Fight for it if its what you really want."

Now, im not saying they are wrong.
It is true; You will learn a lot from every time you fall.
You will learn to get back up again and that will make you stronger.
It will teach you how to deal with these events.

This is not to tell you what everyone else has told you before, even though they are right;
This is to tell you that you are allowed to get mad
You are allowed to get angry and pissed
You are allowed to cry and scream
You are allowed to close your eyes and fall asleep
You are allowed to turn up the radio as loud as you want
and sing at the top of your lungs.

You are allowed to ask for help
You are allowed to ask for a hug from a friend
You are allowed to pray
You are allowed to sit quietly and think.

All of us have to go through tough times.
All of us have wanted to give up a time or another.
This is to show you,
You are not alone
We are all in this together.
Some will suffer more than others
But just remember:
The sun comes out after the storm.

(Facebook notes 04/13/09)