Never Again

"Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go"

Let Her Go -Passenger

I am not going to tell you to cherish every minute of life. I am going to tell you that I do. 

Why?

Because I have lived through and seen the lows. I have watched what happens when life slips away, unnoticed and under-appreciated.  

People are left standing in the wake of tragedy or disappointment, with nothing to hold onto. With a short string of happy memories and a long string of complaints and wishing-it-had-been-different. 

This doesn't mean that I do not complain. I do. I am human. 

I have days that I eye the nearest window to escape and run away.

I am thankful for those days. Those are the days that make the good and brightness shine ever so brighter.

I lived amongst the darkness for so long. I didn't allow the light in. There was no balance. I missed out on so many moments. I was barely grateful for the breaths I took. The sun would rise every day and yet, I didn't care. I was so fixated on my own hardships, I didn't realized how incredibly blessed I was, I am.

I allowed myself to see the light. I focused on it while appreciating the darkness in which I had came. The chaos is welcomed because the calm is so much sweeter by knowing it. The warmth is so much more inviting when coming in from the cold.

So many people scoff at the idea of cherishing every moment. I see it this way, you can't have a rainbow with out the rain. There is no up without down.

"Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast"

Let Her Go -Passenger

I live my life with gratitude. Everything is a lesson. My hardships are my teachers. My darkness, my guide to the light. I will never again allow myself to loose sight of all that I have. I will live my life in balance.

I will not take shelter waiting for the storm to pass. Instead I will dance in the rain. 

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