One Step Forward, Three Steps Back

Today hasn't been easy. I had a trying day and I was ready to just start drinking wine at 1pm. But I held on. I calmed down when I realized that I couldn't worry about something that isn't a sure thing yet. I will worry about it if we get to that.

But this post isn't about that. It's about the one step forward, three steps back we make everyday. And it's not just the reality that throws those curve balls at us. It's the stories we tell. The stories we write. They start so amazingly and then you get to that first obstacle. You get past it. The second comes, you struggle, but again, you get past it. And the third, the fourth, fifth...

Stories may be easier sometimes to deal with because they are what comes out of us. They are real, to us. But life, the one we live is much harder to deal with when it comes knocking you down. But the point is; don't let it. Write another chapter, keep fighting, because someday, your story will be written and your story will get to the end and it will be an amazing book. The obstacles will be nothing compared to what you've experienced. They will be just a simple bump in the road. Barely noticable and fast forgotten over time.

Keep going. Let life happen. Write your story. It's worth it.