Is it just me or was this year like....really overwhelming? Like everything’s that’s happened to you this year has shaped you into a completely different person that you were at the beginning of the year. Now that we're at the bitter end I think it's safe to say majority, if not most people, had a pretty crappy year. If you're anything like me 2018 probably hit you in the face like a truck and you had absolutely no idea how to recover. Within the span of 12 months people around you may have started acting funny, you lost friends, lost a job, fell behind financially, suffered with depression/anxiety, didn't receive the news you may have wanted, took a pay cut, went through a break-up, lost a loved one, your health started to deteriorate, moved out, failed a class, didn't get the promotion, felt betrayed by someones character, etc. (WHEWW!). It seems like this was the year of never ending issues than you can bare. Whatever it was you may have gone through.....keep in mind that 2018 was the year of self-discovery. It was the year where we all needed to learn that we are so much more stronger than we already think or know. You may have BENT but you didn't BREAK and greatness is on the way in 2019.
Heres the thing, if you don't pass through tough times, you can never really enjoy the essence of the happy times. Life never seems to just coast along calm and smooth for very long. 2018 was the year of your testimony that you're going to be able to celebrate and laugh about next year. It was the break you needed to experience for the breakthrough. Nothing in life happens to you, but instead it happens FOR you. In order for anyone to grow and/or prosper in life they have to be challenged. Escaping the fight without struggle is dead. This year you had to fall in order to learn how to pick yourself back up. I'm assuming you eventually picked yourself back up since you're reading this post right now right? :'-) If you didn't learn one thing this year, I hope you learned that you're going to have to let go of a lot of shit go to unlock that next level in your life. Think of 2018 as the thing you have to let go, and 2019 as the next level.
This year alone, I have been in situations where I thought I could not possibly survive — and yet I did. And I not only survived, I thrived. We are so much more resilient than we give ourselves acknowledgement for, and that gives us the confidence needed to face whatever new challenges lie ahead. It was a tough 12 months, but thankfully you NEVER have to do 2018 again. If you got everything you wanted easily, would you be able to appreciate it's worth? If everything was easy, wouldn't everyone be doing it? Next year please, keep looking for your passion, your love, your courage, your goals, your dreams, your happiness, yourself. Keep looking. It’s all going to work out. that’s life; you learn, hurt, love, cry, laugh, and keep going. you experience setbacks and you grow and it’s all okay.
My testimony from this year taught me that I am SO strong and I am deserving of any and everything that I could ever want for myself. I learned how to sufficiently do things on my own that I never envisioned myself doing before. I learned to become completely okay with the idea of being alone because nobody is going to assist with my growth, my love, my confidence, my plans, my aspirations or my vision the way I know how. My peace of mind and happiness are the things that I find essential and it's okay to cut people off who don't contribute to that. I am a better me because of 2018. I am a wiser me because of 2018. These 12 months have made me sure about what it is I want, and even more sure about myself. Although within a few weeks this year will be nothing but a distant memory, I am forever grateful for the both the good and bad times.
THINGS TO REMEMBER IN 2019 (SCREENSHOT):
1.Better days are coming, stay strong.
2. You matter. You’re important. You’re loved. And your presence on this earth makes a difference whether you see it or not.
3. You are the bag secure yourself!!!
4. Choose people who choose you.
5. You are going to be okay
6. Commit to loving yourself completely
7. There are no failures, only different degrees of success.
8. It is okay to let yourself be distressed for awhile.
9. Learn to stop saying “it’s okay” when shit really isn’t
10. This too shall pass & your life will be better.
11. What is, is.
12. You are doing the best you can, given your history and level of current awareness.
13. YOU RUN THIS SHOW!
Message:
You gon' get through all this. Just keep pushing. I promise.
-Niyah
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