These things will change,
Can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down.
This revolution, the time will come,
For us to finally win.
And we'll sing hallelujah,
We'll sing hallelujah.
~Change, Taylor Swift.
This is for everyone out there going through something, everyone who needs someone right now, anyone who is struggling in any way. This is for those that hurt because of others, this is for those who hurt for others. This post is for those people, whether I know you or not.
The world is a place of mystery. You never know what might happen. People leave, but new people come into your life. Problems come, but they don't last forever. Pain is real, but it looks fictitious when compared to love.
Life, the world, people, everything has a way of balancing itself out. I don't know why, exactly, but I know it does. I don't believe that, for everything good that happens, there's something bad. I think that's an idiotic theory. However, I do believe that, for every bad thing that happens, something better is coming.
Your world might be falling apart right now. You might be barely hanging on. Your heart could be broken, your world shattered. You could be absolutely hopeless. But, no matter what the circumstances, I can assure you: Something better is coming.
Sometimes we don't understand why things don't work out. Sometimes we can't figure out why terrible things happen to innocent people, why we have so many problems while it seems the rest of the world is floating around in a bubble of sunshine and rainbows.
But I can tell you from experience that life won't always be the way it is in this moment, as your heart is breaking, as you watch others hurt, or feel pain of your own. This isn't going to last forever. It never does. So you fell. This isn't a Life Alert commercial, you know. You can get back up. And falling doesn't hold you back, it simply slows you down.
If you stump your toe on the cement, do you curl up into a ball and never move again?
No. You either (a) keep walking, or (b) you hop around while holding your foot as you shout things you probably shouldn't. And, even if you do the second one, you're still moving. A stumped toe isn't going to stop you forever.
Some of you are probably thinking, "Well, my problem is much bigger than a stumped toe. You just don't understand."
But I do. My problems are bigger than stumped toes, too. I have a lot on my mind right now, just like everyone else. But I'm learning more as I type, so I'll keep going. :)
People have major setbacks everyday, things that could easily destroy them, but each and every time they get knocked down, they get back up.
Do musicians become great overnight? Do they pick up their instruments and automatically know how to play?
Do athletes automatically know how to play a sport? Do they never have to work hard to do well in what they do?
No. No one knows where they're going when they first start something. It's scary to take a leap of faith sometimes, even when all the odds are against you and everything in your life is falling apart. Why do we take steps like that, then? Because sometimes, to overcome the odds and everything else against you, you have to work hard and don't stop trying no matter what you might face.
I found this the other day and it really made me think:
"Fall seven times,
Stand up eight."
-Japanese Proverb.
And then, only a few days later, I was listening to someone preach a message and they used this verse:
Proverbs 24:16 (NIV)
"For though the righteous fall seven times,
They rise again..."
So what does that tell you? I mean, I don't even have to explain it, because I know it'll mean something different to each and every person who reads this, while it will speak to us the same way.
How do I know everything will be okay? How do I know that the end of these problems you're facing will be the beginning of the most beautiful thing you could ever imagine? Because I've been there. We all have, whether we'll admit it or not.
I can't think of even one terrible thing that has happened in my life that I learned nothing from. And from learning, I grew; and from growing, life became more beautiful. Problems are here to help us, not hurt us. And I know you're thinking your life will never be the same again. But, you know, that's right. It won't. It will never, ever be the same, because you will change and grow and learn. Life is beautiful.
Your world might be falling apart right now, but sometimes things have to fall apart to come back together. Kind of like a puzzle, huh?
Well, this was my blog post for myself. I learned a lot. I hope someone else got something out of this. You were never meant to fail or bow down to what you're facing. You were meant to stand up again.
So stand, no matter where you are.
It was the night things changed,
Can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down.
This revolution, throw your hands up,
'Cause we never gave in.
And we sang hallelujah,
We sang hallelujah.
~Change, Taylor Swift.
