Step Back

I want you to do me a favor. I never ask for much on my blogs, but I want you to do this for me.

I want you to take a deep breath and take one step back.

I know it's been a long couple of weeks. You're stressed from exams, essays, mid-term insanity, whatever it may be, you're done with it. There's that one test you may not have done so well on, but there's one you think you nailed. I want you to stop thinking about the one you didn't get the grade you wanted. I want you to think about the one you nailed. Take that victory. The failure? A drop in the ocean. Do you know how many more tests you're going to take? Exactly. A lot. Don't sweat this one, there's plenty more to come.

Whoa there, don't step up again just yet. I know we just had Fall Break, but I know a lot of you are still crazy stressed. So here's what I want you to do. Close your eyes. Place yourself somewhere else, somewhere far away, somewhere quiet, somewhere relaxing. Breathe in. Breathe out. Open your eyes. I want you to take thirty minutes just for yourself. No social obligations, no school work, no distractions. Just you, the planet, and all the time in the world. While you're there, away from everything, think about your life. Think about how incredible it's been. Think about the places you're going, the places you've been to, look at the shape of your life. Even if there were downturns, wasn't it still worth it, seeing everything whole?

At some point in that thirty minutes, I want you to go outside. Hell, might as well do the entire thirty minutes outside. Sit in the grass. No, lay down in the grass. Watch the clouds move overhead, feel the grass react to your weight, think of how small you truly are and find comfort in that. We're less than a grain of sand, but when you look at how beautiful the entire beach truly is, it's worth being the tiniest part of that.

Let that be your comfort. Everything will work out. It's the weekend now. Take the next week as it comes. If it shoots hardship at you, you just shoot it right back. Life is good. It will continue to be good. Don't let the weight of the world keep you down.

Until next time...

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