Hold Your Head High, Gorgeous

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“I Won’t Give Up”
Jason Mraz

Dear friend,

You have been hurting. You have been moving through your days slower, weighed down and broken by what life has bestowed upon you. While you smile, there is pain clutching on to your heart and pulling you down. Your smile has been replaced with a resolute indifference. You are angry and scared. You’ve been pushing me away in my best efforts to comfort you and hold you tight. You aren’t yourself.

Do you remember that trip we took in the summer of 2009? You had just lost your job and your house, your cat and your car, a dear friend and even a glimmer of hope, and all that remained was your desire for something more. A promise of a brighter tomorrow. We traveled north and found ourselves on the banks of Lake Michigan on a cold day in July. The lake expanded farther than we could see, and as we stood there in the wind, hands clutched tightly, we prayed.

You closed your eyes and a tear fell and in that moment you chose life. You chose to push forward, and you chose to hold on to hope even when it didn’t feel possible. You were uncertain at first, but that decision pushed you toward a life that brought you joy and true happiness. A life that you couldn’t have known if you had made another choice. A life that still exists, though it’s hard to see through the unsettled dust of the chaos you’re fighting.

Friend, you are stronger than you believe.

Last night someone told you that you have an honesty and a compassion that others do not and that until you can love yourself, they will love you. You rolled your eyes and you dug your feet into the sand, but you tucked those words into your pocket, desperate to hold them as truth. You whispered the words to yourself through the night while you slept.

I believe in your strength. I believe that you have what it takes to pull yourself out of this place. You are good enough. You are worth it. You are capable.

I will not leave you. You are not alone as you try your best to figure this out. Some days are harder than others. Some days life seems like too much, but know that I am here making the journey with you. When things feel too heavy, when it gets too dark, I’ll be there. I’ll carry you when you can’t carry yourself.

We will stand firm. We will choose hope. We will push through this. We will see a brighter day. Tomorrow the sun will rise and we will face the light and know that we chose an uncertain life, but a life filled with joys we don’t yet understand. We will walk strong and hold ourselves high. Though the pain still has a grasp on our heart, with each step toward hope, its grip will loosen, and we’ll persevere.

“I won’t give up on us, even if the skies get rough. We’ve got a lot to learn, but God knows we’re worth it.”

With love,
Holly

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dailypeptalk:

Pep talk: What might happen if you work to your full potential today? Likely, something huge. No pressure, though. I bet if you focus even a fraction of your talents on a task that interests you, you’ll be amazed how much you accomplish. 
Today remind yourself: Even ‘not my best’ is probably still pretty good.  

No, you know what you need. 

dailypeptalk:

Cross that bridge when we get to it.

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Beating yourself up, criticizing or condemning yourself makes you miserable and burns mistakes into memory with lots of negative energy. It demoralizes and distracts you from correcting the error and developing skills that will help you to be more successful. You are not spending time practicing and perfecting skills that will help you avoid the same problem in the future.

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