Only Human

   One of my close friends sent me this picture a couple of days ago, and this morning it suddenly appeared in my mind again. Upon receiving it through whatsapp, my first thought was "Oh my God, this is so important" and the second one "Yet people seem to keep forgetting it..."
   Today I want to be your reminder that if you're going through something that's tough for you, that takes a lot of energy, if you're sad or hurt... It's perfectly fine. The advice "if it wasn't meant to be, it wasn't meant to be"gets thrown around a lot, and while it's true, people often forget that it's normal to need a break whenever something hard happens, it's okay to need some time to yourself or to need relaxation in times of stress.
   People often tell others to just shake things off, to turn the other cheek, to accept it and move on. However, in a lot of cases people tend to not consider what kind of state them themselves would be in, if the incident had happened to them. It's very easy to tell someone else to "get over it" if the same thing hasn't happened to you.
   If you are in fact going through a rough patch in your life right now, and you feel like you might need some extra time to think, do something different, or just be alone: know that it's perfectly fine to feel that way. You are only human, after all, and putting the pressure of "always being on top of things" on yourself is bound to end in disaster. Things will work out for you, like they always do, but in the meantime, make sure you take time to yourself, if you feel the need to.