The plan

Every human being struggles. Weather we struggle physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, financially -it is all an equally painful struggle. Sometimes you feel that you struggle more frequently than others. Most of the time when we experience a strain on one aspect of our life we tend to internalize this notion that we are suffering alone. Even when you witness sad faces and sense bitter attitudes around you - you tend to believe that this negative person before you does not nearly have it as tough as you do. Often emotional rollercoasters run so high and fall down before a blink of the eye so much that you believe barriers and obstacles follow you a like your shadow.

At times of struggle it is so easy to believe that everyone around you is living the dream, while you stand aside feeling uneasy. Constantly it feels like you're chasing the dream but making no progress. Nothing but hopes falling down and crashing before you.

There are several motivation sayings that articulate struggle as a mechanism used to make us stronger in our spiritual being. Once we have overcome one struggle we feel high on life. We can finally breathe,and we feel undefeated. Once life takes a turn in a way that is undesired we lose our breath and become overwhelmed by yet another problem that we need to fight. Our hearts filled with tension and our mind filled with doubt. The pain of not knowing how long we will be on the battle field wears heavy on our heart. Eventually the feeling of constant struggle is so familar that you won't cry when the pain sets in - because as we grow and each struggle makes us stronger.

The feeling of struggle eventaully convinces you to take your own advice. When we see people dear to us struggle, we feel that it is our duty to support them through their difficult times. Providing our helping hands in any way possible to make this person we love feel that they are not alone during their time of hardship. Encouraging this person to believe they can conquer the situations causing them sorrow. Believing that God has a plan for everyone and that everything happens for a reason. We share encouraging words with loved ones, telling them that in our own times of signifcant struggle our faith carried us through. Explaining that in the end everything eventually fell into place the way we needed them to be. The words we share are true. We use our stories to inspire others. To keep others hanging on to hope and leaving life in the hands of fate, because whatever happens is all apart of the plan.

Why is it so much easier said then done? It's like we have this natural instinct to immediately influence others and direct them towards positive thinking. Yet when nothing but negative thoughts take over our minds we have no way of climbing out of a deep hole. Always encouraging others to have a little more faith in themselves and believe that they can overcome any struggle. Yet when we feel it is riding heavy on our hearts we often can't visual our painful struggles subsiding from our own lives.

We analyze every aspect of our struggle and fear the potential problems it could cause and in the those moments we rarely ever stop to think:
hey, I have been here before and I have made it out of these situations in the past. We never stop to think:
so what if I can't shape life to be exactly the way I want it to be... at least I have life. ...at least I'm breathing and have the privilege to live life freely.

There are too many people in this world who cannot maintain the basic standards of living. Too many people who do not have the freedom to create their own identity. They do not have the privilege to love openly and build relationships with people who they find things in common with.Too many people who do not get to attend school. People who never had a chance to cruise through early stages of life with love and support from parents. Too many people who do not get to the enjoy the true beauty of being unique human being. Too many people who cannot see, speak, or hear. Too many people who will never get to walk or dance. And too many people who are unloved.

With this being said, if we're going to constantly make others feel better about their struggles by embracing the gift of life in itself. ...then maybe we should take a step back the next time our hearts are consumed with pain and take a minute to think about the good in our life before letting the bad destory our emotional stabilty. Realistically, there are people in parts of the world who endure unbareable pain that pains us only to imagine.

The struggle is all apart of life and its all apart of the plan. If you do not feel struggle then that only means you never really cared about your plan.