Through the walk that I am in, it can be hard to realize that there have been many things that I have accomplished. Despite the struggles that I face at times, it is important to realize all that I have accomplished in my life by defying obstacles and bouncing back from adversity.

It can be hard to see through what my brain perceives as negative things that many times have no basis of effecting my life consume my brain as if they are the things that make or break what I must endure in life. What I sometimes am persuasive on is very minor in the grand scale of my life, but because I can at times let my past thoughts drag me down so deeply into my thoughts, it can be hard to let the silliest of things go and work on seeing all the great things that I have done.

In those moments, it can be hard to see that I have not only accomplished so much, but I have also bounced back so many times from adversity that it makes me the resilient person that I am time and time again. However, it is in those moments when there are negative connotations that I think that making a statement will ease my mind when in fact, it will do quite the opposite.  Being the person that I need to be is what oftentimes helps me keep my composure because I would not want those that I must interact with outside of my safe space to see me in a light that I would not want them to see me in.

My growth has been acknowledged time and time again, yet it is often that I choose to ignore it nor pay homage to the humble beginnings of where I was in this journey many years ago. It is not the fact that I believe that I am better than anyone else, it is the fact that I have understood the fact that it is important not to boast about my success to make another person feel bad for the things that they may never be able to achieve.

Sometimes, it is hard to realize that I have done so many things that at one point in my life seemed that would never happen. From moments when institutionalization was seen as the only option to both my parents fighting the systems, seeing the potential and advocating their darndest to make sure that was not tossed to the wayside is what I must continue to acknowledge and accept that I have indeed come a long way to be the person that I am today.

Thinking of that allows me to see that some of the issues that I want to defend or gripe about are not even related to what is needed to ensure that I am living the best life possible despite thinking that I can be the top dog and the one that can make the difference, but sometimes things that have no merit are not my battle to fight and I must understand that I need to stand my own ground and be the better person that is reminded of all the accomplishments that I have made to this point and work at progressing even more as I am able to do so. I have lived a good life and I deserve to live life being happy for once.