Just when you think things are going right and really well for you something changes so fast. You ask questions like why me? Why did it have to happen? You try and find someone to blame for the pain you struggle to survive through. The hurt that is unexplainable to those around you. It changes your life, you as a person, and the way you look at the world.
Your courage, strength, and determination slowly wipes away from the person you were and wish so much to take back time and still be that same person. You have so many questions you want answered that are running through your mind every second of the day. You can’t make it go away, you can’t hide what happened. You know the truth of what happened; no matter how hard it is to handle. You look at the people that have wrecked parts of you, the ones that were never there for you or gave you the chance. Those are the people that believe they know you by what they assume. Instead of trying to believe the truth they have to make it up and think the worst of you, even when all along you were just doing the right thing. This world changes so fast, you need to appreciate every second you have in it because sometimes you can’t prevent what happens. But you need to realize that as you get by more and more, the strength inside you grows stronger each second, minute, hour, month, and year. It feels like you’re getting weaker but in the end you are such a better person and the things people say, think, and believe don’t matter to you at all. They are the ones who don’t matter and will never have the chance to really know what happened. People tend to blame themselves for the worst things that have happened in their lives. The things they wish they could have prevented if they did one small thing different. Sometimes it is no ones fault at all, things happen with out any indication or preparation. You wish they didn’t but it is our life process that is so hard to deal with. We can’t think about the things we should have done so things would be different now. We do it to prevent looking at what actually happened because it is so hard to believe it really did. It’s the hardest part to face, but we all get by, we make it because we are surprised with how much strength is in us. We are all strong and can make it through this world. We are not always ready, but you do the right things and get by each step of the way on the path of your life that you were meant to take.
<a href="http://www.rosecoraperry.com">Rose Cora Perry</a> is the frontwoman for the popular Canadian rock band ANTI-HERO and creator of the unconventional music advice column, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/soyouwannabeinarockband">“So You Wanna be in a Rock Band?</a>
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