Lemonade

Hey you, yep, I’m talking to you.

You’re probably wearing thick-rimmed glasses and monthly-adjusted braces.

You’re probably walking with your shoulders slumped, your head facing down and your eyes focused on the ground.

You’re probably wearing make-up, with polished and painted nails, and that glamorous smile, but deep inside you feel empty and ugly.

You’re probably listening to music set to high volume so you won’t hear what the world screams at your face because it’s just too painful.

You’re probably counting the pills you’ll take, thinking of ways to die, thinking of ways to end your sorrows, once and for all.

You’re probably thinking that death is the only solution to end a life of solitude, and/or pretending, and/or crying, and/or enduring, and/or hurting.

But you probably might just want to think, consider even just for a minute, of living.

Yeah, sure, life is hell, life sucks. Believe me when I say that, I too have been through a hell load of crap that at some point I also wanted to give up. At some point, I wanted my life to end because I thought I can’t take it any longer, but don’t you just want to know what might happen if you live through all this load of crap?

Maybe what’s important is not how difficult what you’re going through is, maybe what’s important is if you get through it. You’ll think you can’t, you’ll think it’s impossible, and you’ll think you’re not strong enough for it. But if you’re weak, you wouldn't have gone this far. Look back at how much you've gone through because sometimes, we tend to forget what we've accomplished and only remember our failures and defeats, and all that negative stuff. It's human nature to only see what's bad, it's blinding us from looking at the brighter side. Look back and you’ll realize you've gone through so much, you've gone past a lot.Each time it gets harder, you get stronger.

You've already gone too far to give up now.

As said in my favorite cartoon show, The Amazing World of Gumball, "When life hands you lemons, you gotta make some lemonade."

At first I thought it was just funny, but then I realized it meant more than a joke. When life is being a real pain in the ass, take advantage of it. Make yourself stronger from it. You make lemonade, you make something good, out of something bad that life is throwing at you.

P.S.
According to my friend, Nicolo, when life gives you lemons, you gotta SQUEEZE IT BACK IN LIFE'S EYES. (sadistic but cool right?)

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