False Hopes
What is hope? In the end, hope keeps us alive, false ones or otherwise, it kept us going long enough to help us get through the tough parts in our story. I used to think I carry hope around like a thing in my pocket, but the best place to keep it and not lose it is in my heart. Carry it around like so along with all the other excess baggage of our past. There is always a better choice.

It’s ok to leave it all behind. Whoever it is, whatever it is that friends, family, or just people dump on you in order for them to feel better, leave it all along with everything and anything that will only drag you down. Choose yourself first; make things better for you, and only then can you live with a warmer heart to share. Have hope always too. It’s definitely something worth keeping even if it seems like all is lost at times.

Finding Your Element

Some may have it easy, they may know exactly where to go, they may know exactly what to do, and they may even have more guts than you and I. They may have that clear vision for how their lives should be or how they want their lives to turn out, and they may even have that lasting fire in their hearts that keep them going on and on and on. Should you cross paths with someone just like them, it’s ok to put some happiness in your heart for them.

If however, worry fills your heart still, try not to be. Worrying will not do anything good for you or your heart. There is no need for panic or for pointless comparison. Their life is theirs and yours is your own. Finding your element will come to you at the most opportune time. Trust in yourself and make that shift in attitude instead. Choose hope, choose happiness, choose curiosity, choose learning, and choose every little thing there is that will keep you moving forward towards a better life.

Some may have it tough, but remember this, so are you. Our strengths and courage may not show up right away, but they are there. Learn to muster it. Some may not have that clear pathway to how they should live life, and they may not know where to begin or what to do. Should you cross paths with someone just like them, it’s ok to lend a hand. You just might be the spring that pushes them forward to a great start.

Carry On

There is always a better choice and a simple one too. Just carry on and live life the way you see fit. It is our own after all. Some things we end up doing it right and some things we end up doing it wrong. It’s ok. There will always be right and wrong; good and bad; happy and sad, but there is also today and tomorrow. There will always be room for hope, happiness, courage, and strength among other things within our hearts. Whatever it is life brings to us, let us take it, let us make it, and carry on.