Dear Strong Men & Women,
I see the pain in your smile. Hey! it’s okay if you are sad today. It’s okay if you feel your heart breaking one more time. It’s okay if you’re feeling lonely today. It’s okay if you feel like crying. It’s okay to side down the wall when it’s 3’o clock and wonder where’s life going? It’s okay to burry head in a book and let tears stream down your face. It’s okay to pray, get rid of your problems.
It’s okay to bury your face in the pillow. It’s okay if the pictures of the past make you want to be with the same person again. It’s okay to feel so. It’s okay if you can’t find happiness for a moment. It’s okay if you can’t laugh with a happy heart. It’s okay if something is holding you back. It’s okay to give a break to yourself. It’s okay to not be okay.
It’s okay if you didn’t wake up with a smile today or you remember the last night and kinda feel guilty. It’s okay if you haven’t planned anything for the day yet and you are empty head today. It’s okay if the things you planned, didn’t go well. It’s okay if you are late to work. It’s okay if you are going crazy about certain things. It’s okay if you aren’t looking focused. It’s okay if the negative vibe is slipping down to you.
It’s okay if you can’t find a ray of hope today. It’s okay to be in dark. It’s okay if you find yourself in the middle of nowhere. It’s okay if you fail today. And it’s okay if you are not what you thought today.
It’s okay if the other’s can’t see the actual you. It’s okay if they didn’t realize that you aren’t okay. It’s okay if you are fighting with yourself. It’s okay if like other days, people want you to be more understanding. It’s okay if you are not on their consideration list. It’s okay if people treat you differently today. It’s okay if you fail to flip the good side of you. It’s okay if you are angry today. It’s okay if you feel the urge to shout today. It’s okay if you want to spend your day doing absolutely nothing. It’s okay if you want to be noisy and messy. It’s okay if you want to be YOU again.
It’s okay sunshine, breathe and hold on to that, it’ll pass. It has to. Just breathe and breathe and remind yourself of all the times in the past that you’ve felt this scared. All the times you’ve felt this anxious and overwhelmed. All the time you’ve felt this level of pain. And remind yourself of how each time you made it through.
Life has thrown so much on you and will keep doing that to eternity. But remember, Nothing is forever here. Eventually, like bad times woops away, so does the happy times.
Therefore, breathe and trust that you can survive this too. Trust this struggling part of the process. It’ll bring the best out of you. And trust that as long as you don’t give up and keep pushing forward, no matter how hopeless things seem… you’ll make it. This is what brings us to the circle of life. Get along with it and you’ll see, you are enough capable to overcome the worst.
So, it’s okay if you decide to treat yourself with the real you. We should all be allowed to fall apart sometimes so that we can find ourselves all over again. Remember that there are always going to be moments where you don’t feel okay. And these moments are important. They help you to grow into the person you were always meant to become.
And when they ask you If you’re okay, it’s okay for the answer to be ‘NO.’
SALONI'S PEN 