Thaidakar the Ghostblood

You aren't perfect.

Everyone is destined to fail at one point or another. That's life.

Everyone makes mistakes, everyone does the wrong things at times. Sometimes for the right reasons, even. Sometimes it's so bad that you wonder if it would've been better if you hadn't tried to do anything at all.

Everyone will fail. That is guaranteed. 

It's what we do with failure that defines us. Do we wallow in the misery of failing for weeks on end, or do get back up, wipe off the dust, and try to do right by it. Do we try again?

Except, it isn't like that. It isn't "Are you this person or this person?" It never is. It's "Which one are you more like right now and what kind of positive change can you make? What can you do to take steps towards trying again?"

It's horrible after doing something so wrong. Something that leaves you feeling terrible. I know that feeling all too well. I was in that recently. But... you know what I realized? 

Life is ups and downs. It's constantly shifting between bad and good. We get better over time, but we also get worse over time. It will be like that. A lot. If it's worse, then it's bound to, eventually, get better. Not instantly, not tommorow, not next week.

Eventually.

Better isn't great. Better is easier. Easier can mean so many things.

It'll probably get harder before it gets better, my friends. And, it will feel like there's no end to pain.

But there is.

That's why we endure to the end. That's why we keep going even when it's hard. That's why you're going to do your best to pick yourself up and keep going. It's like falling off a bike ride. You're in the middle of your ride, a mile or two from your destination. You've scraped your knees badly, don't know if you can walk. But you have to. You won't get your relief fully until you're at your destination. There's still a long, painful walk to make it there, but there's that end. There's that destination.

It's a good thing, however, that there's people who help. People who help bring your bike there, people who lend you their water bottle, people who give you kind words to keep going. You can make it!

And, a lot of the time, they're in the same situation you are. They are, often, feeling that pain too. And they smile. They smile and try to help because they know the secret.

The best way to help yourself is to help others.

Keep going, my friends. We'll make it to the destination eventually. We'll finish the journey. We'll get bandages for our bruises. We'll get better.

"He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." - Matthew:10:39