Simon Says Get The F*** Up

Sometimes, most of the time, it's easy to give up. 

The easy thing to do is to stop. 

Stop doing good. Stop improving. Stop moving forward. 

Revert. Hide. Fall and don't get up. 

 But in order to live we have to live. We have to follow the pursuit of happiness to whatever extent that means to us and do good at what we're are doing. 

Whatever you do, whoever you are, be good. 

Be good at what you do and love the life you live. 

Laugh Everyday.   
(this is so good if you haven't heard it btw. )

I have this pattern of starting and stopping. 

Climbing and falling. 

I've come to learn it's ok to fall. In life you're going to fall down and growing up doesn't mean you stop falling. Growing up is the rate at which you rise from your bumps in the road. 

When was the last time you cried after you literally fell down? 

At this point in my life when I fall I laugh, but the little girl I babysit is two years old and she's just now learning how to get up after falling, without crying. 

There was a time in life that when you fell down, you cried. 

You can fall- and then you can fall down and die. 

Do not fucking do that. You gotta keep going. EVEN IF IT SEEMS INSANE. 

Writing, working, teaching, learning, loving, growing. 

I think the first thing we learn as adults is that we don't really know anything and we will never know it all. 

Keeping a positive attitude, I believe, is the secret to success. 

Shits going to hit the fan, it always does at one point in time. Whether you're prepared for it or not, there will always be a shit time in life. 

Everyone experiences it on different levels. 

The kids I'm surrounded by, deal with a level of shit-in a deeper meaning, than I will ever experience. But I recognize that. I know my life is great even when it's bad. 

So I work hard to make the best of my life. 

To give back and not give up. 

I think we all need pep talks.... As much as possible. 

You should know and tell yourself you are beautiful just the way you are, all the time. 
 

You will always have things to work on, of course.   

It might be hard right now, but I'm not in Syria. I wasn't affected by the bombings in Paris. I've lost loved ones but I got the gift of having them in my life. 

You can look at life as a shit storm and that terrible things happen everyday. But there is also so much life. 

The fact that there are trees in Philadelphia. There are even some in New York City. 

You can say that Adeles music is depressing or that it is incredibly beautiful and she's incredibly talented. The fact that we can relate to people on a deep level shows connection. And that too is what it's all about.

I've grown up a lot. I've grown up through this blog. Now I'm adult. Whether I like it or not. 

Recognizing that I am an adult means I have to make adult decisions. 

And you know what, shits not easy. 

I don't really have a point in everything that I'm saying, except you can either grow up and show up.... Or you can stand still.

When you stand still, whether you like it or not, life keeps moving. 

I'm loving 25 although it's been incredibly complicated- only about four months in. 

It's taken me time to see life through an adult lens but now that I'm fully seeing it I see: opportunity. 

One time my therapist told me about this thing someone said or like a comic had a stand up or IDK but it could be summed up like this,

A lot of us hide from being sad or mad, all the ugly emotions, but we have to feel them. And if we feel all the shitty shit, and get out on the otherside, it feels fucking good. 

Like that annoying song goes, " I can see clearly now the rain has gone." After rain there's a rainbow! Ya know! 

And in a less disgustingly optimistic view, maybe we don't see better than we did before. Maybe we are a little bit harder, colder, but we are more experienced. We can say we got through that. But you have to go through it.  

Pessimistic or optimistic, if we can get the fuck up after falling hard on the ground- we are doing something right.

Just remember Yabbers,

Onwards and upwards !