I was talking to a friend the other day who mentioned how everyone on Facebook seems to have the perfect life: the perfect family or boyfriend; the perfect vacation or job. But the reality is that Facebook doesn't even tell a small portion of the story of someone's life; it's what we choose to put out there. It may be that posting something good in your life makes a bad day a little better; it may be that putting something out there is a way to give ourselves hope that good things do happen and will happen. It may be not reality, it may not be the whole story, but it does provide some connection or conduit for hope for the future.
I think we put too much pressure on ourselves and our loved ones to try to make every day a fairy tale. And the truth is that there is no fairy tale, but that doesn't mean good things aren't coming. It means that the tale of our lives will have ups and downs that help define who we are and what we care about and cull out the parts that don't work. It is the moments of sadness and fear and anxiety that make the other moments of sweetness and joy and excitement that much more.
There is no perfect life. There is no perfect story. Thinking that we have to be some way or have a specific relationship or be a certain person is nonsense; instead, we need to hang on to what we want, hold tight to our beliefs, shake off and discard what's not working- no matter how foolish others may think we are for doing so. Because it's our life and our hopes and our dreams that matter; and the bumps and falls and scrapes along the way remind us how we got to where we are and how we continue forward.
Lesson learned.
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I think we put too much pressure on ourselves and our loved ones to try to make every day a fairy tale. And the truth is that there is no fairy tale, but that doesn't mean good things aren't coming. It means that the tale of our lives will have ups and downs that help define who we are and what we care about and cull out the parts that don't work. It is the moments of sadness and fear and anxiety that make the other moments of sweetness and joy and excitement that much more.
There is no perfect life. There is no perfect story. Thinking that we have to be some way or have a specific relationship or be a certain person is nonsense; instead, we need to hang on to what we want, hold tight to our beliefs, shake off and discard what's not working- no matter how foolish others may think we are for doing so. Because it's our life and our hopes and our dreams that matter; and the bumps and falls and scrapes along the way remind us how we got to where we are and how we continue forward.
Lesson learned.
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