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Sometimes

Life gives you things without asking for it.

And sometimes things happen in your life that you just can’t control.

I think it’s natural for humans to always want to be in control of things. We’d like to think we have control of our lives, our futures. It’s comforting to think that we can easily claim our lives as ours, rather than saying it’s up to fate or destiny to decide what the outcome of our future will be.

But as much as most of us would want that to be true, it isn’t.

That’s life.

It can be unfair, and it can be unkind, and it can be ruthless at times. But that’s just the way things are. Sometimes there’s no point in even questioning why life has a tendency to bring us down so many times, because when we do question why we almost always never get a truthful answer, and of course the feeling of getting nothing in return is always something along the lines of disappointing.

In cases like these, the best thing - the only thing you can really do is just let go.

Sometimes there are things in life you just can’t question. Sometimes there are things in life you just can’t do. Not being able to do certain things doesn’t make you any less of a person, nor does it make you weak. Accepting the fact that there are some things you can and can’t change makes you more human, if anything.

Part of being human is accepting the fact that we can’t do everything.

Part of being human is accepting the fact there are things that we can’t control.

But accepting the fact that life is unpredictable doesn’t necessarily mean you should avoid it or pretend it never happened. You should embrace the curve balls life throws at you, because if you think about it we tend to learn more from our bad experiences than our better ones.

It’s our bad experiences that shape us into who we are. If we avoided those bad experiences or ignored them completely, we wouldn’t be able to grow and mature properly. If life was all about laughter, happiness and sunshine we’d be a very naive group of human beings.

So when something happens and it makes you sad, lonely, scared, angry, frustrated or confused don’t let your negative emotions eat you up inside. Don’t let them take over you. It’s human to feel negative every once in awhile but don’t let it consume you. Instead, find ways to channel out your feelings so that you have some sort of control over them.

And then, when you’re ready…accept the fact that things just are the way they are. Sometimes it’s possible to change things on your own, but most of the time it isn’t. When you come to that realization, don’t try and fight it, because you’ll just be wasting your energy and you’ll be tired both physically and mentally at the end of the day.

And always remember that sometimes it has to get worse before it gets better. There will always be something to look forward to in the end, so don’t give up : )