You are More

 

This is the chorus of a song called "You are More" by Tenth Avenue North and I find that its true. It doesn't matter what we have done in our past or even what we are doing now because we are more than any of it. We tend to focus on the bad things in our past instead of the good that is happening in the now. You might be feeling discouraged, alone, stuck, etc, but everyone feels that way at some point. You are not alone in your suffering because you do have people who care about you even if you don't feel like you do and a God who loves you very much. You are so much more than what you think you are and you have made it this far, so keep on pushing ahead.

I know its hard to stay positive when it seems like everything around us is falling apart, but we have woken up to a day filled with possibilities. We can always take a mental health day where we can stay inside and read a book or write something or do the thing that we have been meaning to do, but haven't gotten around to doing it because life has been hectic. I realize that a lot of us have jobs and have to do things to make it as adults, but if things start getting really overwhelming then we need to take a break to reset.

I know that feeling of feeling alone and in a place where it feels like certain things of my past have come to mess with me. I have that feeling of loneliness with God especially because it is so hard to feel His presence at times and it throws me off each time that it happens because honestly it hurts me when I don't know if He is with me or not (even though I know that He is no matter what). There are certain aspects of my past, like what happened with one of my old friends back in junior year of high school, or my dad's work accident, that tends to hit me out of nowhere. The thing with my friend is especially hard to deal with sometimes when it just comes on me out of no where.

I think it is because I might still have a feeling of guilt about the entire situation. Like it was my fault that it resorted to what it did (it wasn't my fault at all). I knew what was going on with her, but I just stood by and didn't do anything to not have it escalate like it did, so when it happened I felt really guilty. I know that it was a mistake to feel like that way, but I am more than what happened.

There is nothing that you have done in the past or the mistakes that you are making now that makes you any less of a person. I tell all my friends that if they need someone to talk to or just someone to listen to them I will be that person because I want to be there for them and let them know that there is at least one person who cares enough to listen to them. You most likely have someone like that who has been there for you through thick and thin and has said that you can talk to them, so go to them if you are feeling sad/depressed or anything negative about yourself that you are going through and talk to them about it.

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