We all face obstacles, every single day. Whether its a slippery road, a frozen car door, a hard day at work or at school - they're unevitable. Its part of growing up and becoming a better person. Without the lows we wouldn't feel the highs, its just the raw reality.
I like how this year is basically that day in day out. Exiting your comfort zone and seeing what you're capable of doing. Waking up at 6am to make it into crossfit before school, socializing with a new language, living 6000 miles away from your love ones. Finding the words to express your feelings, worrying about the health of the people back home, hoping that you don't have to hear bad news. And if you do, thats life. Theres nothing you can do about it.
Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to listen to a guy, Forrest Willett, talking about the life after his brain injury and overcoming all the obstacles that created. It took him 5 years, 5 YEARS, to learn how to fluently talk again, fluently read again, and restore his physical abilities. At the time of this injury, he had a wife, and a newly born baby. He told that on 95% of brain injury couples end up getting a divorce, because the person is not the same. And he kept fighting on keeping his family around. And after 5 mentally and physically draining years, they were still together.
Nowadays Forrest does public speaking for his profession, travelling all around the world. This man, who lost everything that he had, was able to get his life back. Then I look at my life, compare my struggles into the struggles he faced - they're nothing. I felt like I'm worrying for nothing. Why do we spend time arguing and worrying for all this stupid shit when we could just paint a smile on our face and keep going. There's not a single obstacle out there that me, you, or anyone couldn't overcome.
I came across with this quote, and I find it really inspirational and truthful:
" Worrying is like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain. "
And that is so true. How much more can we achieve by spending the time that we would worry, to push ourselves harder to overcome those obstacles? Alot, I'd say. That has to be the answer.
Be confident, be who you are, live every day like there's no tomorrow.
I'm going to stop worrying about anything negative that might face me during these last 4 months. Tomorrow when I wake up, I'm going to wake up with a smile on my face.
Thank you if you read the entire thing, it means the world to me.
Im sure that theres some mistakes in the text when I try to translate my finnish thoughts into english, but I hope that you catch my drift.
:)
Atte Räihä
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