Ok. I have a confession to make as I believe I have most of you fooled. I’m not always happy or positive. Yes, most days I am, but honestly I’m not always making lemonade everyday out of the sour situation that has been given to me. There are days that I think that I don’t want to do this anymore. That this life is just too hard and I’m ready to give up. Not like end it all kind of give up, so don’t take this the wrong way because I solemnly swear that I have never gone to that dark of space. But there are days that I get so frustrated with what is my life that all I want to do is take a good long nap and sink deeper and deeper into the creases of my chair. That I have to remind myself what the point of it all is. And as ashamed as I am to admit these dark moments to you, I do realize that it’s only human.

Even the happiest of people have those days. One legs, two legs, or no legs. Those days come. I know they may not be as often as what others have, but they do come. When we know that life should not have to be this hard, but it is. When we have to fake a smile to trick ourselves into remembering the beauty that comes after a storm. But don’t you get tired of fake smiling? Get tired of always putting on a brave face? Because even the strongest of people can’t hold everything up forever. They eventually will tire and need a break or risk getting hurt. So why are we so reluctant to admit that we have bad days too? That our minds have sad thoughts in a world where beauty and opportunity should be seen everywhere? It’s because mental health is always discussed in hushed tones and our own pity parties are thought to only be allowed to last a couple hours or days in the eyes of those on the outside looking in.

We need to give ourselves a break from being strong sometimes. It’s only healthy. Sadness is a valid feeling and needs to be felt and not always looked at in a negative light. Have you just ever had a good cry just to help unleash the frustrations you have been holding in for months on end? And that cry doesn’t make you weak. It says that you have been strong for so long and now need to let your mind, body and soul rest. We need to look out for the mental health of even the happiest of people because until you are ever actually in the attic of someone else’s house, you don’t know how hard it is to get light up there. They may be just making due with lanterns and candles so they don’t have to face the dark. So please don’t judge someone if they walk out of a dark space all puffy eyed because chances are, that cry was much needed.

So today instead of just working on your physical health, work on your mental health too. Don’t be afraid to admit it when you’ve been frustrated or upset with the cards you have been dealt because you can’t win every game. But as long as you stay in there, you’ll end up a winner no matter what. Finally, I hope I didn’t make your confidence in my strength shake because of this post. I am still a strong individual, but I too need a break sometimes. And a good cry is always healthy and strong in my books.

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