We all have them, some of us, more than others. Our lives are littered with unfortunate circumstances that change the way we feel every 24 hours. I always had bad days. Failure, depression, unhappiness, all common symptoms for a typical shit one, and as of late they seem to be much more frequent than usual. We can’t help what happens around us sometimes. Opportunities that are missed are usually the reason we agitate ourselves over a massive majority of circumstances that happen to us. We tend to dwell on the negative and forget that without everything that has happened in our lives, we would not be  where we are today.

That doesn’t stop us from having those really bad periods of time. Where you feel lonely, scared, angry and sad. Where nothing works out despite your best efforts and nothing seems to be in your favour no matter how much of a good person you are.

Its all part of being human I guess, but like I said before, that doesn’t make it suck any less. We win sometimes, but for some of us losing is a constant thing, whether its personal, professional, emotional or physical. I could sit here and say, “Keep your chin up and don’t let it get you down” but the reality is that it will no matter what. Sleepless nights and exhausting days are all what seems to be consuming your life.

The hope is that it will all change. I remember sitting in confession and being told that you can’t simply ask for happiness when you want it. You have to suffer before you can celebrate. But we don’t ask for eternal happiness, for the most part, all we want is to live positive lives.

As depressing as that sounds the best is that we are all catalysts for change. Our lives are a direct result of our decisions and regardless of the outcome there is always another way. Hope is our one redeeming quality as humans, we live by emotion and not so much on logic and despite the bad days there is always another way to see the world.

I don’t really know why I wanted to write this in the first place, but I guess what I called a bad week is something I could share with you, not for attention but for an understanding that we all go through it. The key word being “through”.  Its nothing more than another obstacle and the only thing we can do is keep trying to figure it all out. I never wanted to be unhappy, to be down or to be this upset about things that could have been avoided. I always thought a positive mindset was the best thing, but it just gets so tiring. Sometimes you just want to go to bed and forget, but part of being strong or trying to be strong is making sure you never give up.

Don’t let it kill you; don’t even give it the chance to eat at you from the inside. Just keep doing what you can to cope.

Rocky said that the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows, that it’s a very mean and nasty place. He was right. But Dumbledore said that happiness can be found even in the most darkest of places, all you have to do is remember to turn on the light.