You Can't Always Be Positive, But...

By Evan Sanders


It's not always possible to be positive.

Being positive all of the time isn't realistic because life is incredibly balanced. Life gives us a dose of negative to really help us appreciate the positives.

As we continue to grow throughout life, we experience bigger and bigger challenges. Carl Jung, A famous psychologist once said, "The brighter the light the darker the shadow." This honestly couldn't be more true. As we experience the light more and more, it also gives us the capacity to experience the darkness. This is the balance of life.

On the journey of self discovery, everyone is interested in making a mark in this world and adding value to other peoples lives. But in order to truly become the greatest individual we can, we must spend time exiting through the challenges of life.

If we are willing to pull lessons out of the hardest times of life, we are going to give ourselves the chance to continue to grow no matter the circumstances. But life isn't always going to be positive. In fact, you don't want it to be positive all of the time.

Everyone has gone through dark moments. Everyone has suffered through the worst of the worst. We are all challenged throughout our lives and some moments are darker than others. But we all can rise. We call can get back up and continue loving despite being through unloving situations. We can all continue to put our hearts on the line even if we have had ours broken to pieces.

So if you can, try to find something positive in the negative. But you don't have to fake that everything is okay and that you are okay. You don't have to pretend that everything is awesome and fun when it's not.

Throughout the years, I've been taught to express these things through my art and pour myself out through my writing and I'm so lucky to have that. So if you're struggling, just know, I struggle too.

Living this way is real. Living this way is truly honest.




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