How many of you would be honest with yourselves and admit when memories can get you down?
How many of you would feel like a failure, if you let those memories get you down?
Well, don’t. Being sad isn’t always a bad thing.
I mean sure, continuously feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders isn’t the healthiest feeling out there, but having a bad day or two isn’t such a bad thing, it’s probably good for you, even.
Over the past few days a couple names have been brought up that bring up some not-so-pleasant memories for me and today they really hit home, but this time I couldn’t run and hide from them because that’s not what friends do, and I was needed. I had to be there for my friend because I love her and didn’t wanna let her down when she needed me, but I also had to be there for myself. The way I figured I’d do the latter of the two, is by doing nothing. Yep, that’s right. No quick fixes, no brushing the feelings off, no pretending they don’t exist, and no acting like it doesn’t bother me.
First I told myself that I was struggling, then I told my friend. ‘Cause at the end of the day, she wouldn’t have wanted me to keep something from her that was affecting me, even if it did relate to her in some way. Then, I just let it be. I let myself feel whatever I had to feel to enable me to pass through the memories. There were tears, laughter, and songs, followed by smiles. You see, I’d accepted that something had affected me, I’d let myself feel it to the extent, I rode out the feelings, and now I’m raring to go again, full of wise words to share with my friend!
Sadness isn’t always a bad thing, because at the end of the day, it helps us be the people we truly are, and it makes us so much stronger.
So I just wanted to share with you guys a cover by an awesome and very talented friend of mine, that she sang when I needed to hear it most. It makes me smile, because it helped me through those times.
Happy hearts, and happy ears!
Courtney’s Imagination★
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