So what?

Not meant to be rude.
Not meant to be harsh.
Not meant to be unsupportive.

Meant to be real.

In our world of coddling and spoon feeding, it can be easy to expect the world to stop when something bad happens to us. But you know what?

It keeps going.

And we do too. We keep being alive, and it's up to us on what to do with our lives. Are we going to fall into a cesspool of our own negativity? Are we going to cry ourselves into an oblivion for three months? Are we going to drown in our doubts?

Or are we going to start over...

Start fresh.
Make goals.
Network with others.
Find a way around our sorrow.

So many times when we are plagued with defeat, it's from our own thinking. Sure, you might have failed a test. And had your heart broken. But these experienced happened, and we need to acknowledge them and move forward. They don't define your truth. They are merely a page in your manuscript of life. But if you never turn the page from where you are struggling, you'll never realize that you have blank pages yet to fill.

You have amazingness to live.
You have love to share with others.
You have talent to give to a new job.

Even if you don't feel it, it's there. Small, but there. Give yourself patience, and love, and support... and it will grow. Grow into a overwhelming sense of power that you can overcome your struggles.

Just as you always have before.

You are a survivor.