Hello loves ❤
We all get bad days – This is for your bad day 🙂
Your alarm goes off, waking you from a night of tossing and turning. You put on your bulkiest sweater and tie your hair back in a gentle ponytail. You cover the zits scattered across your face and attempt to hide the dark bags under your eyes with foundation. You apply eyeliner and a little lip gloss, hoping to hide your exhaustion. You look in the mirror and feel so dissatisfied. You want to cry but you know you don’t have time to redo your makeup. So you think to yourself, this is as good as it’s going to get.
You drive to work, half asleep, and say good morning to your coworkers with a charming smile that deceives them into thinking you are okay. It even surprises you how well you mask the pain with smiles and friendly greetings.
You do your work, but your mind is elsewhere. Your thoughts are all over the place, you can’t think straight. You want to be back in your bed, curled up, hiding from the world. You want to hibernate with Keeping up with the Kardashians and chocolates.
You want to be by yourself, in your own lonely world, but you don’t really want to be alone… not really. You want someone to tell you that it’s okay, that you’ll be okay, but nobody knows how hard life is for you. Nobody knows that you are suffering. Nobody knows to ask.
When you get home after work, you don’t know what to do with yourself. You feel like you should do something meaningful or productive, but you just feel anxious and overly tired. You feel sad that you feel sad, and you feel anxious about feeling anxious. So you get lost in your thoughts. You wonder what’s wrong. You have a good life, right? You have friends. You have a good job. You have a place you call home. You have people who love you, and people that you love. You have all that you need. On paper, you should be okay. So you wonder what’s wrong. You wonder why this isn’t enough.
When it’s finally time to get ready for bed, you take your clothes off and catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror. You barely recognize the girl staring back at you. You barely know her anymore.
You’re sad… so sad…and you don’t know why.
I know you want to get in bed, even though you know you won’t fall asleep for hours. But instead of taking a quick shower just to get it over with, take a long hot shower. Let the water rinse the day’s stress off of your back. Let the steam relieve your tense shoulders, and let the warmth calm your anxious nerves. Gently wash your body with lavender body wash. Stay in the hot water as long as you need.
Now put on your coziest pajamas. Put on your thick, warm socks. Brush the knots out of your hair.
And before you get into bed, turn out the lights so that the room is completely dark. Look out your window at all of the stars sparkling delicately at you. Look at how little those stars are, and how they all shine brightly against the dark sky. Let them reassure you that you are doing okay. Let their presence comfort you, and let them show you that something bigger than you is out there protecting you. Let them remind you that life isn’t going to feel this way forever. Let the big open sky promise you that one-day things will feel better.
Remember that today was just one day.
And one bad day doesn’t mean a bad life. A bad month doesn’t mean a bad life. So take it day by day or even hour by hour and be gentle with yourself. Know that you are doing the best you can and that this is enough. You made it through the day.
Tomorrow is another day, so right now, close your eyes and allow yourself to be sad. If tears trickle out of the corners of your eye, let them. It’s okay to be sad. Soon things will be better. So in the meantime be proud of yourself.
You made it through the day.
Wherever you are in the world, have a lovely day ❤
Great advice!
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Thank you ❤
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Its like reading my own story, thanks for sharing 👍
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I am so happy that this blog post caught your interest ❤
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a lovely post, much needed right now!
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Happy it came to you when you needed it the most ❤
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Your blog is a great source of inspiration and motivation for me. Therefore I have nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. For more information about this nomination, please visit the following post on my own blog: http://smart-diet.loveandjoy.net/2018/02/07/sunshine-blogger-award/
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Thank you soooooooooooo much ❤
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How tender, touching, and sympathetically relate-able! ❤ Praying all your days just wash away with a gentle and relaxing warmth! Those little stars can be such dear friends! God's personal touch that says I'm thinking of you, Child! ❤ Me and God love you!
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." – John 14:27 KJV
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Thank you for such an uplifting comment ❤ Thank you for bringing joy into my life ❤
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Thank you for BEING a part of my joy! ❤
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Bless your soul – Did you get my text this morning?
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no but I sent you one too 🙂
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I replied to you! I’ll email you now.
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yay I got your email! 🙂 we’re getting somewhere. you saw something, and I saw something…. lol
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Haha, you’re funnnnnnnnnnny ❤
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🙂 🙂
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Lovely Post!
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Thank you ❤
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Thank you for this, it was exactly what I needed to hear this week!
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Funny how things we need pop up ❤
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Thank you for this! Bad days make me appreciate the good ones more.
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Thank you for this. Bad days make me appreciate the good ones too.
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Bad days make me appreciate the good ones more. Thank you for this.
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I am so happy to hear that ❤
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A beautifull post 😊 Love reading your posts 😊
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Thank you for your kind words ❤
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Hi, I shared your post on twitter and my mother read it. She shared it with my sister who has been having some bad days lately. Made her feel better. Thought of letting you know. So thanks again for this post. 🙂
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh. this makes my heart feel so happy ❤ Thank you so much for sharing this blog post! its amazing what a blog post can do to make someone feel better ❤
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Thank you for re-blogging ❤
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Absolutely beautiful. Reblogging now to SIWO
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Thank you for re-blogging ❤
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You have many great ideas on here … really enjoyed this one too…as I do all of your post heheh… it was something I sure needed to hear so I thank you gurl…
Hugggs n ♥♥♥
Suzette
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Thank you for your kind words ❤
I love when you come up on my blog & share some love ❤
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aww I love your blog gurl…
Such amazing information and then some… Ilook forward to all your post
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Thank you so much ❤ ❤ ❤
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thank you for this lovely post. It really meant a lot to me. ❤ xox
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I am happy you liked it ❤
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What a lovely post 💖
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Thank you ❤
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