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When I Feel Disappointed with Where I Am in Life, I Remember This

I haven’t been happy in awhile.  I smile and pretend I am because it is just easier.

I go to work and listen to everyone else’s problems and find myself tuning them out because I start thinking about mine.

And I bottled it all up until I finally exploded through tears.

I cried because I am angry at myself for not being the person I thought I would always be.  

Because I always thought there would be more to my life than what there is… because I can only be strong for so long before I break.

I looked at myself and my only thought was “Shit.  This is me now.”  So I cried even more. 

My plan in life and how my life turned out… well, let’s say they didn’t match in any way.   

I always have great ideas and I want to do so much but nothing ever turns out like I thought it would.

And then I start getting stressed and that turns into depression, which leads to me just not wanting to even follow through with the idea.  

My problem is I am a dreamer.  I can always come up with an idea but that is as far as it goes.

So, I cried.   

And it’s okay that I cried.  It’s okay that I feel sorry for myself.  

The reason it is okay is because just because I cried today doesn’t mean I will cry every day.  

It doesn’t mean I will feel sorry for myself every day or that this is how I will continue to live my life.  

It just means today was a bad day and tomorrow I will get up and I will deal with the dogs and I will sit down and make another list of things I want to get done.  

Tomorrow is a new day and tomorrow I may cry and that is okay too.  Just as long as I keep going and I keep trying.