Originally Posted by HeatherB
(Post 456721)
Hey guys?
Just--
I haven't been on here for more than a month.
4-7-13.
All right, this is weird.
But just, hang in there. It will get better. Things will change. You will, too. Forgive yourselves. Start over. Whatever needs to be done will fall into place, okay?
You know what my favorite teacher told me right after my class had hiked a section of the Appalachian Trail for three days?
"You are stronger than you know. And hiking this proves it. You thought at the beginning that it would be hard, impossible, and you wanted to give up before you even started. The great thing about hiking is that you learn about yourself. That you have limits, but you very often underestimate yourself and end up not working to your best ability. In the wild, you have to work to your best ability whether you like it or not. You're pushing yourself, but only as far as you can go. You can stop any time, and rest. But to get out of the trail, and out of the woods, you have to keep going no matter how long it takes and how hard it is."
That's my paraphrasing, but yeah. Hiking is like life (actually, if you think about it, everything is like life). You are, indeed, stronger than you know. And living this, this hell that you guys go through, it proves it. You will always think at some point that it's too hard and too impossible but the way out will still be there--you just have to push yourself and go through it. You can stop, but you can't quit. Not when you're out there in the middle of the woods or your life and you're lost. You can't give up, especially then. Because once you're out, you realize that it made you better and stronger. And civilization, overrated as it is, sure beats getting eaten alive in nature.
I guess what I'm trying to say, as everyone on here is trying to do, don't give up. It will, it will, it will be worth it. I promise you. Everyone goes through hard times. Sometimes they seem petty in comparison to others' problems, but you know why? That's because your life is not other people's lives, no matter how similar they seem. You have been through what you've been through, and that affects how you're going to tackle the problems brought upon you today. If you're not used to a problem, it's going to seem really difficult. If you are, it's going to seem easier. That's just the way things are. But life is learned by experience. And if you're not experiencing anything at all, you're not living right.
Okay, my mom's yelling at me to get off the computer, but I think you get the point.
Love you all lots,
Heather
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