CONGRATS ON WAKING UP TODAY, FOR COURAGE IS IN THE LITTLE THINGS
Listen—sometimes courage is as simple as opening
your eyes in the morning. Sometimes it’s as easy as
making the effort to eat your breakfast without spelling their name in your cereal or breaking your teeth
on their goodbyes. Sometimes courage is the way you
fall in love with your sadness, how you let it rock you
to sleep, how you feel it and face it and tell yourself
every single night that you can overcome it, even if
you feel like you can’t.
No, sometimes courage isn’t a big declaration, a common accomplishment. Sometimes courage is the way
you slowly comb them out of your hair; sometimes
courage is hearing their voice in public and not turning your head or having your stomach feel like a
shaken-up can of soda. Sometimes courage is smiling
for your younger sister when your heart is breaking;
sometimes it’s telling her that love exists even on the
days you simply don’t believe it does.
See, sometimes courage isn’t climbing Mount Everest
or changing the world. Sometimes your mountain to
climb is made up of weekdays and months, made up
of pushing yourself forward even when you want to
nestle into the past. Sometimes changing the world
means changing your world as gradually as you need
to, as gently as you heal, because sometimes courage isn’t made up of war and bloodshed; sometimes
courage isn’t made of combat. Sometimes courage is
a quiet fight, a dim softness within you, that flickers
even on your darkest days and reminds you that you
are strong, that you are growing—that there is hope.
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The Strength in our Scars
PoetryBy Bianca Sparacino - this tackles the gut-wrenching but relatable experiences of moving on, self-love, and ultimately learning to heal. In this book you will find peace, you will find a rock, you will find understanding, and you will find hope. Rem...
