To Anyone Having a Hard Day: I Wrote This for You
To tell you the truth, it’s not every day that I feel joy.
While I have some of the most amazing things I could have never dreamed of…
an incredible family
a beautiful home
a decent career
unbelievable memories
Sometimes life just feels heavy.
It’s during those times that I find old sabotaging thoughts creeping in.
You know the ones that seem the loudest when you’re having a bad day? When no one has seemingly recognized you and now that internal dialogue is growing louder and louder?
When I’m in that place, what I hear most often is:
You’re not good enough.
No one cares enough to remember you.
Suck it up - you’re supposed to be the strong friend (whatever that means)
Be quiet - no one cares what you think or what happened to you.
Your dreams will never come true.
You’re stuck with this.
TBH, these are only a few of the debilitating thoughts that merry-go-round in my head when I’m having a bad day. They’re the kind I’m sure everyone has had at some point and maybe they were the breaking points for others.
And if today they brought you here, searching for something to hold onto - let this be it.
Your life is not over.
You have something beautiful and wonderful and uniquely YOU to bring to this world.
And the piece that you likely haven’t heard is that we all need it.
We, the world, need you to be YOU. So this bad day cannot define you.
Your good ideas that no one believes in yet?
We still need them.
Your desire for love, connection, and belonging?
No matter what happened today, you still deserve it.
The dream you’ve tried so hard to make happen but life’s timing seems wrong?
You still need to do it.
And the bad day that brought you here, feeling unseen?
It will still end.
You are not alone.
May you find the courage and the strength needed to weather the storm and welcome good days again 🖤
With Love,
Ambyr