This morning I woke up and had some things on my mind regarding people, life, etc. I was thinking about how a lot of folks don’t grow up living a nice cozy, sweet life. My childhood wasn’t exactly peaches and cream either, but their are some people who’ve had extreme, dire circumstances in their earlier lives (long periods of depression/anxiety, no parent(s), parent(s) on drugs or abusive, sexual/physical abuse, etc.). Most of the people I know or have come across that have had extreme, negative circumstances in their earlier lives feel that their is no hope for themselves and that they can’t truly relate to anyone. Then I also thought about relationships and something a lady told me in church a while back about always trying to have things go perfectly. I realized that some people imagine scenarios to turn out exactly how they picture it, but usually that is never the case. Let’s face it we’re not perfect and life isn’t going to turn out perfect. And the point I’m trying to make is that if you’ve faced unmentionable things in your past, don’t let it take away your hope for a brighter future and don’t let it hinder your relationships with people. It’s true that some people may not have experienced even half the things you have, but when others are trying to encourage or help you don’t say “oh these people don’t really understand me”. That part may be true because they haven’t walked in your shoes, but take all encouragement and help regardless of who or where it comes from and try to always be positive even though its hard. If your waiting to only take advice from someone whose been through similar struggles as you, you may not always find that savior and will be out of luck ,left constantly feeling lonely in the world. Change has to start somewhere, so even despite the things in your past, look at it this way, life still goes on and no matter how bad you were hurt, let go of it. In fact give your problems to God and let him take care of it.
And with that said, I’d also like to say thank God everyday and know that life still continues and you serve a purpose in this world or else you wouldn’t be here. If you’ve gone through some things growing up, use your past to help others with similar problems overcome their own circumstances. A lot of kids could use the help of someone whose been through their very own struggles.