I Am How I Get Through This

Go right through it. Sit in it. Feel it. And go right through it.

That’s exactly what I need to do. Feel what I need to feel, but don’t sit there dwelling on things I have absolutely no control over. If there’s nothing I can do to change something, why am I allowing it to consume my thoughts, my energy, or even a single moment of my day?

The only things I have control over are my actions, my choices, and how I choose to respond to the actions and choices of others. That’s it. And if something is outside my control, then I need to stop giving it control over me.

The past doesn’t matter right now. I can’t change a single thing that’s already happened. The only thing that matters is this moment and the next. The next choice I make. The next opportunity I take. The next thing I do for myself.

This is my time. My time to focus on everything I want out of life. My happiness, my needs, my desires, my dreams, and everything I want to experience and accomplish. To be selfish about putting myself first without losing the compassion and love that make me who I am.

I don’t need to have everything figured out. I just need to keep choosing what is best for me, one moment and one decision at a time.

My happiness is my responsibility. So I am going to fucking choose it.

I am my own priority. My own strength. I am how I get through this. This is my life. This is my time.