"I feel there will be a time. A time when there will be no agony. I will never cry. There will come a time when my smile will be genuine. You will be able to tell. I feel there will come a time when the winds will carry all the wrinkles away when the rain will bring beauty with it when the sun shine will carry the birds my way. When the flowers will be welcome in this world. The pain I feel will not stay forever. Nothing will last. The good brought bad with it. I know the bad has already begun. What I know more is that the good is hidden in it. It is never gone. It will never go. And I will wait!"
-Aleena Yasin
This too shall pass.
I live by those words, but when you're standing in the middle of a hurricane it's hard to be such an optimist. Think about the future, when this will be nothing but a memory. That is what you strive for and remind yourself of when the worst is seeming to stick around. You are allowed to be sad, depressed, anxious, emotionless, stressed, overwhelmed. You are allowed to cry and feel. Please allow yourself a moment to feel what's plaguing you, so when this moment passes you can recognize the war you've already won, for the chance you ever enter again.
