`Stay afloat, the key is hope.`

antisocialstudies:

No one is ever just weak.
I was weak because i loved, i saw hope, and i trusted.
I cared about something other than myself.
In the end i got hurt, and it made me weaker.
But can you really say love, hope, and trust are stupid because the can cause weakness?
If weakness is so bad, what’s good?
What is strength, being alone and not caring about anything?
No! Where is the meaning in that, why bother?
Getting your feelings hurt sucks, a lot.
Once you’ve felt that kind of pain it’s easy to see why you’d never want to feel it again.
Feeling weak sucks, a lot.
But just because you feel helpless and abandoned doesn’t mean you are.
Everyone should feel weak sometimes.
It means you care about something.
Don’t let it swallow you though, eventually you pick yourself up and keep going.
Why?
Because it’s your life, not theirs.
In the end you need to realize that you have the power to change your life.
You have the power to just keep going and you have the power to make that pain stop.
It won’t happen fast, and you will need some time to just stop and feel weak.
It will be hard sometimes, but not constantly.
It means being vulnerable, and angry and upset.
It means distance, and facing life in ways you never have before.
And that’s scary.
But you are not alone.
Once you are ready, people saying “I’ve been there” actually helps.
Because you know they have.
You’ll stop seeing your hurt feelings as a wall separating you from people.
They’ll become a common ground of understanding.
And you’ll forget about them for a moment when something new needs your attention.
You wont forget them completely, but slowly they will stop taking over your life.
Don’t give up.