What I've learned

If I've learned anything from life, it's that sometimes the darkest times can bring me to the brightest places. I've learned that the most toxic people can teach me the most important lessons; that my most painful struggles can grant me the most necessary growth; and that the most heartbreaking losses of friendship and love can make room for the most wonderful people. 

I've learned that what seems like a curse in the moment can actually be a blessing, and that what seems like the end of the road is actually just the discovery that I am meant to travel down a different path. 

I've learned that no matter how difficult things seem, there is always hope. And I've learned that no matter how powerless I feel or how horrible things seem, I can't give up. I have to keep going. 

Even when it's scary. Even when all of my strength seems gone. I have to keep picking myself up and move forward, because whatever I'm battling in the moment, it will pass, and I will make it through.  

I've made it this far. I can make it through whatever comes next.