There are days where it seems that it takes an indomitable
will and all the effort you can muster to just put one foot in front of the
other. Painful perseverance to just make it through the day.
No one knows your story completely. No one knows the pain
you’ve suffered or the changes it’s wrought in you like you do.
No one knows what brings you joy exactly, and what brings
you tears.
Persevere. Hang in there.
No, scratch that. Don’t just manage, limping along. Don’t
accept second best, the bread crumbs of what your life could be.
Fight. Get mad. Get spitting mad that you aren’t living life
to the brim, mad that you aren’t doing everything that you want to be doing and
achieving the victories you should be achieving. Fight tooth and claw and
decide that you will win. Win in this game of life. Decide that you are going
to live the life that you could and want to live and accept each day as a
personal challenge.
You are brave.
You are strong.
You will want to call retreat, but you won’t because there
are better things than you could ever imagine waiting for you if you push
through these hardships right now.
Life isn’t fair. That sucks and sounds horrible and
uncaring. But unfortunately it’s the truth and life isn’t fair. It’s not fair.
It’s not and to each one of you that has been dealt a shitty hand, I am more
genuinely sorry than you will ever know. But please, take what you’ve been
given and turn it into something beautiful, something strong, and be the
beautiful Buckaroo Barbie that I know you are.
And never forget that you are loved.
xo xo Liz