struggle

Have you ever found yourself

in the middle of what seems to be

two opposing forces?

Not necessarily 

a negative 

and

a positive...

But just 

two things

that are so vastly different that it causes total 

confusion

and 

discomfort

because neither is right

or sound?..

I find myself somewhere like that... 

And, I know that all I really need to do is 

walk forward...

but 

it's really not that simple,

ever,

is it?

To struggle with finding the answer to something

sometimes can seem, 

in retrospect, 

like the most unnecessarily complicated process ever.

"It was right there!!"

"Right in front of me all along!"

"How could I have missed it?"

Seems so hilariously ridiculous when we 

look back and see that all that struggle

was really for nothing...

But...

Maybe the struggle does

more

than what we give it credit for.

The struggle is what makes us grow.

It's what makes us into the individuals that we are.

It is what truly makes us unique.

Everything, every struggle, has purpose.

At least it does in my world.

Even the most insignificant struggle...

"Why won't this jar OPEN?!?!"

and even the most catastrophic of struggles...

Like losing a job or someone closer to you than your heart...

They all serve a purpose.

And it's more than just building character and giving us life experience.

We gain perspective...

so we can see what truly matters in this life.

We gain empathy...

so we can hold the hand of someone else going through something similar.

We gain strength...

so we can know that we are capable of a lot more than we ever thought was possible.

Struggle is what makes us human,

makes us better,

and what brings us together.

We must not discount the journey through our struggles.

It counts.

Love,

liz xo