Is it faith or delusional to believe things are going to be okay? We all go through hard times. Most of us have tragedies we try to make sense of. Sometimes things don't make sense and sometimes things don't turn out okay. I once believed that every terrible thing I went through with a determined goodness of character would someday be rewarded or compensated. It was a coping mechanism. As a child, I believed the sexual and physical abuse I endured would be rewarded with an incredible soul mate. I was highly aware of the terrible marriage between my parents and knew not everyone got the fairytale happily ever after in life. I believed wholeheartedly I would though. But things didn't quite turn out that way. (For those of you who don't already know: abusive marriage and etc.) Still, I was excited when I turned thirty-five. I thought now bad things were over because I would no longer be in the prime age range for sexual assaults. Unfortunately, I was again di...
Do your best, take it day by day.