For me over the past few years, life has been all about ups and downs. On top of that, I had to work to get my mental health back on track. It had seemed as if life was always throwing me something that seemed like it was too hard to handle. Eventually, I had to learn that I had to deal with life as it landed in my lap. Accepting it was difficult. Nonetheless, it had to become a reality if I was to survive as things became even harder.

The hardest thing I have had to deal with over the past few years was all the changes. They all seemed harder each time they came down the pike. As I overcame them, some of them had to make me more resilient. I just needed to be aware that I had faith. I also had the ability to finish tasks. Others had the power to do so as well. Deep down I knew I had the power to do whatever seemed hard and challenging to me. It just took fighting through the perceived anxiety that was there that I became to know wasn’t true.

There were moments that made me feel down and out about what would happen to me. I looked at what I had. I knew I had to make the best of it. I knew that things just were what they were, and they were out of my control. Even as times went on, I knew that there were signs to go to bigger and better. Before I was not ready to make those leaps that I needed to make. Eventually it became a reality that that leap needed to be made.

I had to understand that life is always full of ups, downs and uncertainty. Things happen and they can be scary at times. I must take necessary leaps of faith. Then life will continue in a way that maintains my quality of life. It can be hard to admit that you have to do things that can make you uncomfortable. But eventually you know they are what is necessary for making your life what it is.

I had to let go of what I had believed would be my life. I was growing out of it. Staying where I was becoming too hard. Things would never get better. I needed to take the step to improve my life. I had to let go of what I had long believed would never become a reality. I started to live my life as if it would someday be a reality. As hard as that seemed to be, it was a reality that I had to face. I and many others knew deep down I was capable. I have to put myself out there. I need to make sure that I can handle life as it comes. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Admitting things can be hard sometimes. Still, there was a reality that things just had to be what they were. This acceptance was necessary if they were going to get better. They had to fight through fear and frustration on the hard days. Accepting things as they were or had been a challenge. But I know that I can overcome anything I set my mind to.