It is What it is

Life is not always fair, or straightforward.

Life is not always joyful, or beautiful, or just.

And it will throw the biggest storms your way, try to bend you and break you, 

present you with the most wrenching adversity, and attempt to shake you apart.

What do you do when that storm hits? What do you scream into the wind? 

And how hard do you stand, feet planted in the ground, bracing yourself and refusing to fall? 

Where do your eyes go? Do they look to despair? Or do they look to the next step?
Do you curse the clouds or welcome the rain?

Acting with compassion, forgiveness, and kindness are choices.

You have the power to be the center of that storm, to maintain calm, and keep your thoughts placid.
Stand strong and be kind.

Be grateful.
Sit with your emotions, accept them, learn from them, and then move forward.
Life is so much larger in the moments to come.