Choose Happy
In life we are faced with some tough decisions. By a certain age it seems like we are supposed to have everything figured out. Life is full of stress, and sometimes it seems like I stress over the smallest things. Lately stress is something I've been battling a lot. With school, work, and everything in between, I've had a lot going on. I've tried to handle everything by myself. I like to think that I'm completely independent, and that I can take care of myself, but a recent decision has proved to me that at 16 I just can't. The combination of stress and life in general has resulted in a few break downs. That's okay because sometimes crying makes it better.
During my constant battle of trying to figure everything out, Mrs. Esslinger said something in class a couple of days ago that I truly understood. She said that in life we are all searching for meaning. She started questioning us about our life plans. As teenagers many of us plan to go to college, eventually get married, and some of us plan to have children. Many of us smiled and nodded our heads as she continued to talk on this subject. The future seems to be my motivation. It seems like once I get everything figured out that everything will be okay. What I understood from Mrs. Esslinger's lesson that day was the growing up won't solve all of our problems. Things will never be completely perfect. As I get older I'll be faced with new struggles but in the end, the things that bother me at 16 probably won't bother me at 30.
So for now, I'm going to breathe and make the most out of each day. I'm going to embrace that things that make me happy, and spend time with the people I love. And sometimes as people, we just have to take some time for ourselves. So go ahead, spend the day in your pajamas. Eat your favorite food, you can be healthy again tomorrow. Go for a walk and take pictures of the sky because it really is beautiful. Embrace life and be happy. Eventually it will all be okay.
During my constant battle of trying to figure everything out, Mrs. Esslinger said something in class a couple of days ago that I truly understood. She said that in life we are all searching for meaning. She started questioning us about our life plans. As teenagers many of us plan to go to college, eventually get married, and some of us plan to have children. Many of us smiled and nodded our heads as she continued to talk on this subject. The future seems to be my motivation. It seems like once I get everything figured out that everything will be okay. What I understood from Mrs. Esslinger's lesson that day was the growing up won't solve all of our problems. Things will never be completely perfect. As I get older I'll be faced with new struggles but in the end, the things that bother me at 16 probably won't bother me at 30.
So for now, I'm going to breathe and make the most out of each day. I'm going to embrace that things that make me happy, and spend time with the people I love. And sometimes as people, we just have to take some time for ourselves. So go ahead, spend the day in your pajamas. Eat your favorite food, you can be healthy again tomorrow. Go for a walk and take pictures of the sky because it really is beautiful. Embrace life and be happy. Eventually it will all be okay.
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