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Optimism is what I strive to have in mind at all times.
As you may know being positive is not an easy thing to do specially when everything seems to be going wrong.
I know that in my life there are days when I just have so much to do and everything is going a-wall- so after a lot of deep breaths I try to retreat to my room to recollect myself and keep pushing through that day, week, or sometimes even month.
I love my room; It's my safe place where I am able to just write when words don't come easy, cry in frustration or just lay there because even thinking is too much to handle at times.
Some of reasons why I love my room so much is due to the fact that I have plastered it with pictures of family/friends, I have written positive notes to myself to help me stay strong, and I have placed notes others have written me.
These are only a small corner of what my room consists of.
And these are some of the things people have written me.
The hearts are from young woman who I have been a youth camp leader for and the notes they wrote leave me breathless everytime I read them- You would have never guessed they were written by 12 year olds. The pictures in white paper are actually from my friend Riley's three younger siblings. I feel so blessed to know them and to have his sisters look up to me because the notes and pictures they wrote me melt my heart.
It's amazing how a simple letter, smile, hug, or picture can turn your day upside down.
Specially one from a little kid, they are so genuine in everything they say and do that it makes me want to be like them. True and innocent.
Now, this next picture shows a project I made a couple months ago. A project that exemplifies what I have and still am working hard to really believe and accept.
"You are more important than this number."
It's still a challenge to fully believe that but each day I am one day closer to fully recovering.
So that is my room. My safe haven when my world's a craze. A place where I can go think, pray for comfort/peace/guidance, a place where I can be me.
I hope you are lucky enough to have a place like this for yourself.
