THOUGHTFUL SPOT // The good stuff stays.
I read an incredible article this week that filled my heart with hope and peace. Paulo Coelho is a world renowned author, philosopher and spiritual leader. I’ve read many of his books and they always strike a chord and leave me with a lesson.
This article referred to one of Paulo’s books. The author had taken a message from it. The message was, that no matter what you go through in life, no matter what struggles you face, the good stuff in you remains. It never leaves.
This sentence really warmed my soul for many reasons. When living with mental anguish and chronic pain, you often think your old self has gone. That you’re now someone else. That all this pain and turmoil has turned you into another person. That you’re now damaged, bruised, bitter. That the person you loved in yourself has left you. But the article reminded me that it hasn’t. It hasn’t left. It never will. The good stuff remains.
Isn’t that such a comfort? I liked the person I was before the pain. I liked who I was, and what I believed about myself. I was proud of that person. And throughout my journey recently I have felt changed. That maybe the Kiki I once was, was gone. Gone for good. Overtaken by pain, fear and depression. But in recent weeks, things are improving so much, that I have started to see parts of me again. I have started to see the Kiki I have always been. When I had been so afraid she had gone. So reading this article only compounded what I had toyed with in my mind. The good stuff remains.
Life is hard. I doubt anyone would argue. It throws test after test at your resolve and your spirit. And it’s no wonder that we feel ground down sometimes. That we feel that we no longer recognise ourselves or our life. But what is amazing, is that even through the darkness, when the light starts coming through again, you are still there. You may be battered and bruised. But your good self, your values, your personality, your faith, your determination, your sense of fun, your morals, your love, your kindness. It’s all still there.
So no matter what you’re going through right now, please know it will get better. Life and the ‘good stuff’ will happen again. It will come to you again. Have faith. Believe. And remember every part of you that’s good, never has, and never will, leave you. The rest will fall away and you will shine brightly again.
Onwards my loves xx
