Feeling alive and burning bright

Sometimes it suddenly hits me that I’m alive and that I have a chance to try again tomorrow. Even if today is not that great I can still do something to improve it even if it’s in the slightest way. And then I realize the past doesn’t hurt as much anymore and that I deserve and must keep going, keep trying, and chase my dreams, even if it takes a while to achieve them and the road there has a lot of ups and downs. I know that is what I have been doing, and I still try to do it when things are hard, and there is a lot of merit just in trying to do anything, really.

These moments make me feel so alive, like I’m overflowing with it, like a meteor burning in the atmosphere, looking down on the from the sky, taking all in all the beauty of this world, all the joy, all the grief, all of life.

And this is also a reminder for you to take credit where it’s due: you are alive, and you are trying, but while things might feel chaotic and challenging sometimes, you deserve to chase things that could improve your life, you deserve good things, and you should be proud that you are trying, however slowly things might be changing.

It still counts as an achievement to go on when the road is bumpy and difficult. Celebrate those small wins, even if they feel too small. They will build up, and things won’t always be this hard.

You’re alive. Right here, right now. And you deserve to feel that you are living it the best way you can, to feel loved, and to enjoy this moment and try to overcome whatever is hurting you. I have faith in you, and I’m glad that you’re trying, wherever you are. I’m sending you my love, as a stranger who might never meet you, but still have the privilege of existing in this world at the same brief moment that you do so too. Isn’t that wonderful? That we are both here in the beautiful planet, alive, flawed, full of love and fear but still resilient and persisting? Maybe that’s what being human is about.