Making lemonade

Okay I've been so negative and confused and frazzled and frustrated lately...
It's just seemed like as soon as I get over 1 thing, something else just comes and upsets me.
Maybe I've just become overly sensitive..
I started crying when I read a poem the other day. How pathetic.

But really, lately I've been oh so down in the dumps.
About everything.
I got injured in cross country.. again..
We were doing core with sprints in between and somehow I managed to strain my achilles.
I'm just SO DAMN TIRED OF BEING HURT ALL THE TIME.
And so I've been throwing myself a pity party.
That's not the only thing....there's a whole host of things going on that have been upsetting me.

I've gotta stop dwelling on them, though.
I'm no better off dwelling on my problems and moping around and crying my life away! WHAT A WASTE!!

For a class I had to research the life of St. Augustine, and in my research I read an article about overcoming obstacles and difficulties.
Thank you perspective!!
Sometimes we all just get stuck in the way our life doesn't seem to be working out the way we'd like.
Nothing is easy- it's the struggle that makes the reward so precious.
Without hard work we wouldn't appreciate the break.
Without challenges we wouldn't appreciate success.
Wanna know something profound? Everybody struggles.
In fact, a lot LOT LOT of people are dealing with nearly the exact same internal battles.
We just aren't honest enough with ourselves and others about it.
We can't go on pretending everything is perfect all the time because, frankly, it never is.
But that is perfectly okay:)
We have to acknowledge our struggles, think of what to do to overcome them, and then actually get off our asses and work on the "overcoming" part.
You may think you're not strong enough, smart enough, resourceful enough, wealthy enough, pretty enough.... but you ARE. You are worthy of the best, but the best doesn't come without a price. And that price is hard work, dedication, and a fighting spirit to overcome the many obstacles that will come your way.

All right world, let's play ball.


**Sorry for the many pep talks lately...I know it gets repetitive but I needed to write it out**