Today was one of those days where I would have infinitely
preferred grabbing a Starbucks, my dog and climbing back into bed rather than living
life. Days like this, I find it helps to get dressed, swipe on an extra layer of
lipstick and turn the music up loud, no matter how much I want to slob around
in my sweats and moan about my life.
Why are some days harder than others? How can our emotions
do such a quick turn about that we find ourselves unseated and uprooted?
Yesterday, I felt on top of the world. I wouldn’t have thought there was a mountain
too tall for me to scale, no obstacle too great for me to overcome. This
morning I felt like a depleted version of myself, frail and wracked with insecurities.
And they’re almost all problems I’ve created in my head!
I’ve seen people on Twitter and Facebook who talk to their
peers as if they’re diagnosing a patient, commanding them to overcome
insecurities with will power, as if they are somehow weak for having an off
day. I’m going to counter that and raise them on the premise that if you don’t have a bad day occasionally, how
can you truly grow and appreciate the good days? John Adams, Diana Vreeland and
Julia Child all had bad days and we think of them as some of the most successful,
together people out there!
Ride
the bad day out. Don’t fight it, accept it and realize that this too shall
pass.
I’m snuggling by the fire now with my Roo baby in my lap and
a glass of wine close at hand. The day has drawn to a close, and with it the
frustrations and problems I faced earlier. I struggled today. And that’s OK,
because struggle is necessary for growth. Tomorrow, when I awake in my bed of
white down blankets and piles of pillows, I will be grateful for days like
these because they are helping mold me into the woman I want to be. I want to
be strong and tirelessly ambitious, and proof that dreams CAN indeed come true,
they just require a little elbow grease.
So for all you Dolls that struggled today, that struggled yesterday
and for those who will struggle tomorrow, just know that it’s all a part of the
plan. It doesn’t make you any less of a woman to come up against some resistence. And in facing and overcoming a difficult day, you are showing by
example to other women what real life looks like. Don’t give up, Dolls!!
Tomorrow is a new day!
xo xo Liz