The Importance of Keeping One's Head Up
It is impossible to go through life without suffering loss. It can appear in our lives in a variety of ways. It can be expected, or it can take one completely by surprise. It can be firsthand, or felt through a neighbor or loved one. When I say ‘loss’ I don’t just mean literally losing something. I mean depression, hardship, and tough times. There is nobody on Earth who can truthfully say that they have led a completely blissful and perfect life. No matter how big or how small the feeling, we have all felt loss at some point. I don’t mean to start off on a depressing note, just a realistic one. However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with feeling this. It is natural, it is universal, and thus it links us all as a human race.
I have no intention of giving emotional support or advice, I just want to say that it is crucial that you never allow yourself to stop moving forward in life. Keep your head up at all costs, and know that in the end everything turns out okay. My reasoning for this optimism comes from my own experience with hardship. Whenever something in my life went awry I used to get upset and mope around for days, soaking in self-pity and perpetually telling myself that nothing will ever get better. To be more specific, my parents were divorced by the time I was six years old. I felt that the world had ended, and my life would just be awful from that point on. Nothing could make me feel better. Nothing, that is, until I went through the healing treatment known as ‘the passing of time.’
The old maxim “time heals all wounds” states nothing but the truth. After a certain amount of time, the human brain automatically starts to forget specifics of an event. Exact emotions and situations are muddled into a blurry mess of a time that we categorize as “bad” in our memories, but for the most part never has a lasting effect on who we are as people. One should never allow some outside force such as loss to effect our personalities, behavior, and beliefs permanently. In the long run, it is a culmination of experiences, both good and bad, that defines us, not just one specific occurrence.
Knowing that hardships can be dealt with is complimentary to the knowledge that hardships can be learned from. If we keep our heads up, look towards the future, and reflect on the past, it is easy to grow and prosper as individuals because of our experiences with loss. In short, I believe that there is no hardship too strong for any individual to conquer and learn from. It is only a matter of staying positive, rolling with the punches, and knowing the importance of keeping one’s head up.
I have no intention of giving emotional support or advice, I just want to say that it is crucial that you never allow yourself to stop moving forward in life. Keep your head up at all costs, and know that in the end everything turns out okay. My reasoning for this optimism comes from my own experience with hardship. Whenever something in my life went awry I used to get upset and mope around for days, soaking in self-pity and perpetually telling myself that nothing will ever get better. To be more specific, my parents were divorced by the time I was six years old. I felt that the world had ended, and my life would just be awful from that point on. Nothing could make me feel better. Nothing, that is, until I went through the healing treatment known as ‘the passing of time.’
The old maxim “time heals all wounds” states nothing but the truth. After a certain amount of time, the human brain automatically starts to forget specifics of an event. Exact emotions and situations are muddled into a blurry mess of a time that we categorize as “bad” in our memories, but for the most part never has a lasting effect on who we are as people. One should never allow some outside force such as loss to effect our personalities, behavior, and beliefs permanently. In the long run, it is a culmination of experiences, both good and bad, that defines us, not just one specific occurrence.
Knowing that hardships can be dealt with is complimentary to the knowledge that hardships can be learned from. If we keep our heads up, look towards the future, and reflect on the past, it is easy to grow and prosper as individuals because of our experiences with loss. In short, I believe that there is no hardship too strong for any individual to conquer and learn from. It is only a matter of staying positive, rolling with the punches, and knowing the importance of keeping one’s head up.