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There is a life after survival




There is life after survival.
There is life after your anxiety.

There is life after your depression. There is life after your struggles.
Your anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues do not define the expansion of your life.


There is so much more to your life than your struggles. There are long walks and short car rides to pick up the people you love.

There's going out for ice cream without feeling guilty and enjoying it.
There are early moring sunrises and late afternoon sunsets that remind you that fallings things can still come back in a burst of light.


There are late night car rides during which you roll down the windows and blare your music and  simply exist.
There are special little things like your favorite dress or your morning cofee, thing that make you feel alive even in the smallest ways.
There are moments and memories shared with those you hold dearest to you, happiness ahead that has yet to come, and joy that could never be put into the boundaries of time .

So, yes there is life after survival. 

There is life. there is joy, there is hope, there is peace, there is experience, there is clarity, there is life.

Your disorders don't define the rest of your life. You do have the ability to work through and overcome your struggles, and though they may always be a part of you, they do not define you or the beautiful life you have ahead of you, once you work for one day at a time.

There is life after survival. 



Never doubt that or believe that your life is simply defined by your struggles.
Be open to healing and recovery, do what you need to for yourself in order to achieve this, and continue moving forward in your beautiful life, moment by moment, one day at a time.

-Blessings and Love.

Comments

Unknown said…
Yes, there is life after survival. There is hope, & "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. & No good thing ever dies."
October 12, 2016 at 6:57 AM
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