Easier said than done. And what’s even harder is things
getting you down. Like rejections. And worst of all is life itself. You
or a loved one gets sick, someone loses their job. Money is so tight it
squeezes you around the neck. You’re just trying to go through life without
snapping out of your brain.
Well, that’s where I’m at right now. I don’t know if I’ll
ever not be struggling in life, whether financially, emotionally or mentally.
In reality, it’s never going to go away. Until then, I still keep going with my
reading and writing because if I don’t I’ll go insane basically. I worry
constantly about my kids, the bills and everything in between, but honestly
that worry will always be there. It will never go away. So to quell some of
those worries—worries I have no control of, I keep my mind active with reading
and writing. Yes, it is an escape. And no, escape isn’t always a good thing.
But your brain needs a release every now and then and if you don’t have a form
of release, then bad things happen. Believe me, it will.
I’ve been in and out of the hospitals enough to know stressing
out over things too much will hurt you—really really hurt you. So, the next
time you ask yourself, why am I doing this? (as far as reading and writing
goes) Tell yourself it is needed. It is necessary to function in life. It’s
important. So don’t give up hope. Never give up hope. And don’t tell yourself
writing is useless, because it is so far from it. Even if all you get is rejections.
Just know that what you’re doing is not in vain.
