Keep the sunny side

I have learned over the years Steadfastness It is not related to ignoring difficult things. It comes to how to choose it, or what you say to yourself “means”. When life became heavy – I trusted me, I had a share of heavy times – I found myself standing at a kind of crossroads. One of the paths extends to the shadows, disappointment, losses, and losses it endured. The other opens towards light. Most of the time, I chose walking on the sunny side of the ideal street.

Through difficult times-including the medical diagnosis that changes life, the loss of both my father and many friends in my youth years, the launch of a job, and watching my income and my opportunity to retreat-I somehow managed to adhere to a thread of joy. It has proven to be strong enough to prevent me from overcoming the edge depression And despair. It is partly the Greeks inside me, and the spirit of Zorba that can start from beauty and lesson even from a “more amazing collision”, as Zorba puts it in the last famous scene of the 1964 movie.

However, it was not always easy. There were days when I felt that it was impossible to continue to move forward, when it was a weight weight Fearful or sadness I pressed very hard I thought I would collapse. But I did not. Dark and painful memories can collect clouds before one of the thunderstorms near the diary in Atlanta. Memories of the suffering of my loved ones. Memories of awe facing a lot of “what” that are often not achieved.

But I survived. And staying alive, I came to trust my fennel. I remember myself: I passed before, and I have succeeded in that. I can do it again.

When the clouds rolled, the darkest, I lean on positive memories of how I can reach the previous dark times. I am thinking of returning to the times when an unexpected joy appeared in the middle of the difficulty – the kindness of a friend, a moment He laughedOr the simple beauty of the flower in my garden. These memories remind me that even when life feels unbearable, there is always something worth sticking to. Even when memories are shock Evolutionary experiences, and I remember myself that I am still here and that I learned from those experiences how to survive and prosper despite the things that have happened in the past.

Sometimes I ask myself also: How can x deal with this? Sometimes I think about a member of his family, his teacher, even a historical figure and how they may face my position. He asks me what they might say or how they can carry themselves a new perspective. It comes out of my fear and courage.

Perhaps the most important of all, I practice the art of re -formation. Instead of telling myself – in my country.Talking about oneself– This is what happened because of some defects in myself or another person, I may mention myself that we are all flawed in some way, well, things happen. Instead of believing that I am not impressive because a friend chooses to give me, I am more likely to believe that they lack the ability or social skills to work in a more respectable way. It cannot erase the restoration of pain – I do not deal with pain. Shades. It turns it. He turns Passion So I can walk with the purpose instead of defeat.

Maintaining the sunny side does not mean pretending to be well. This means confidence that I have the power to continue, even when it’s not good. This means focusing on light instead of darkness – and carrying the light that ignited it through previous conflicts in today’s challenges. This means faith, with all my heart, that the brighter days always come.