Our Struggles Are Our Stories,

We fight for it all now a days, don't we? Whether it be for a hope or a dream. A job, or an education. Acceptance or love. Family or friends. We struggle with it all. We fight to keep whats balanced. We tough it all out to be happy. To see the light at the end of our long tunnel. All we see is dark when we struggle. We keep it in, never let it out. It eats at us each and every day. So why do we allow it?

You have to open up and tell your story. Do not hide behind it. Release all the pain from within you and you will be gone. Gone with yourself. If that makes sense to you. Free from all the pain and hurt that we may have established ourselves.

I know that struggles are hard to overcome or to see optimism in them, but there is. You have bad days and you have good days. Maybe today was a bad day, and maybe tomorrow is a bad day, but that's why there are 7 days a week and days worth 24 hours and 12 months in a 365 day year. You have all these endless possiblilities and you have to think of it that way. You have to look and see how much potential you have. Most of all you cannot give up on life, or yourself.

Why is it that when we are in a rut, we give up? We give up on ourselves. WHY?

We need to realize that we are amazing individuals and damn right do we have the right to claim it. We have each been through something that makes us a hero, and a right to claim that. We have stories that other people cannot claim, but they appreciate us for going through it and sharing it. We can relate to one another with each and every struggle we have been through. And remember struggles are not permanent. They are just a temporary thing. I know it is very hard to see light in your situation right now, but trust me there is. You have a friend or friends, family always beside you. But you know what you have the most? You. You have you, and that's all you need.

Before you go and think of how other people have impacted or inspired your life. Know how you have impacted other's lives and how big of an inspiration you are to people. Think of the impact you made on the world and on yourself. So raise up. Don't slump. You're gonna make it, because you are a hero. That's right. A real life modern day American hero. And you have every right to claim it. You have every right...

Your stories are beautiful. They make you who you have become today. Just remember that...

So what's next, hero?

--daviduh.