Starstruck Rhapsodies

I need to get something out there right now. I know this has been said a billion times over by a billion different people, but I think there’s about another billion in the world who needs to hear this.

Life is precious. YOUR life is precious. So I know and I understand what it feels like to be on the brink of wanting to just let go of it all, & I’ve been in that place where you feel like the only way out is probably to end it all.

I’m telling you right now that that is NOT it.

I know you may feel like absolutely no one understands, and that your life is just utter shit, and that you’ve been dealt with the worse lot that you can possibly imagine. And I know you don’t want to hear it that there are others who have it worse off than you, and I know, above everything else, how alone you feel right now.

I say stop and take a moment. Just two minutes. Just take two precious minutes right now, and close your eyes and breathe. Breathe. You feel that?

Now put your hand over your heart. Feeling it yet? That. That’s the sound of a beating heart. That’s the sound of life. That, my dear, is the sound of hope.

So you’ve got no one in your life right now who is there for you. How sure of that are you? How sure of the fact that when you go over to your Facebook, or your twitter, you can find ABSOLUTELY NOONE who cares about you? People do care, but more often than not, they don’t know how to show it.

Being in this online community has opened my eyes to the kindness & compassionate still left in this world. Total strangers, reuniting together to pray for people we don’t even know; that’s love. That is pure, unquestioning, selfless love.

And this isn’t the first time I’ve seen it happen.

So if you, part of this wonderful community online, feel like you’re alone, you are so wrong. You have no idea the amount of people who struggle day in, day out. Whether emotionally, physically, financially, mentally or everything combined.

I am not here to belittle your problems. On the contrary, I acknowledge your problems, and I also applaud you on how far you’ve come with them.

Keep going.

Every step is a step further away from them, & every step is a step closer to grasping the things that have eluded you for so long. I ask you now to keep putting one foot ahead of the other.

Keep going.

Whether you’re nursing a broken heart, or fighting to put together a broken soul, know that I am here for you, and that at one point, I have felt every bitter, angry feeling you are now dealing with.

So many of us have had our dreams robbed away from us, so many of us have been told ‘no’ by the people we love, so many of us have been denied opportunities because of the way we look, the way we sound, the way we act.

So many of us have felt wrong for being the way we are.

The world is a hard place. They tell you to be yourself, and they judge you for it. They tell you that you can succeed, and they go on to tell you why you can’t. They tell you to chase your dreams, and they tell you you’re never gonna be able to run fast enough.

Trust me. It gets better.

Every step you take today to go on living is a victory in your life. It’s a victory that no one, not even you, can take away from yourself. Every second you choose to keep on believing is a battle won. Every minute you choose to breathe is a minute closer to being alright again.

Tonight, I pray for all of you. Anyone and everyone who is reading this. I know so many of you who don’t believe in prayer, who don’t believe in God, and who lack faith. So it’s ok. Its okay if you don’t want the prayers, but know that you’re in my thoughts, always.

Three words: It gets better.

Stretch out that hand of yours, & trust me, you’ll find about 10 others ready to pull you back up.

We fight, and we do it together.