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startwithaidea t1_j0slxic wrote

Experience is everything, what you learned, what you practiced, the existing knowledge from the prior experience.

Share it, give it, grow from it.

You got this! Keep going, there really is no such thing as going backwards. Time only moves forward ❤️ so will you 😃❤️🤗

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[deleted] t1_j0texoe wrote

I've grappled with a problem in the past.

The problem is - sometimes life just sucks. For no reason at all, with no warning, with no justification, life just kicks you in the teeth. And it sucks. It hurts. And there is no why. There is no reason for it. There's only pain and misery, and the pain and misery of being in pain and misery. And it's all too easy to get wrapped up in your self pity, thinking of how much pain you're enduring and how unfair life is to you, and how much easier things would be if you didn't keep getting kicked in the teeth for no reason at all.

But eventually, I got tired of thinking like that. I still can't say that there really is a "why". I don't believe that some cosmic being is pulling the strings of the universe for some grander purpose. I don't think that there is some intrinsic lesson contained within each kick in the teeth. But that's what I realized - life's lessons aren't sitting out there on the ground, waiting around to be picked up like a penny on the sidewalk. They have to be created. The lessons of your life aren't something that is given to you, they are something you produce.

So every terrible experience in your life doesn't have some hidden meaning or purpose. It has an infinite number of meanings and purposes you could mine for a lifetime. You just have to put the work in.

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startwithaidea t1_j0ty467 wrote

🥹 I understand, the hardest thing is sometimes picking yourself up out of that spot. I cry a lot now, more than I have ever. It’s okay, it really is to struggle. We all do, I cry because of certain moments, that moment is me looking back. I know I can’t, and it becomes hard when I forget that I’ve made it this far. I lose sight of the now, no matter how hard “it was or may still be.” I’m here, we are here. Look 👀 at how far we have made it ❤️

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