Shine On!

"Stand"

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright

[Chorus:]
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand, Then you stand
Life's like a novel
With the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon
With only one way down
Take what you're given before its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on

Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place
Oh

[Repeat Chorus]

Some people are meant to be and deserve to be in your life and some people aren't. It's funny how you can think someone is so perfect and so great and then when they aren't in your life anymore, you realize how wrong they were for you and who they really are. It doesn't necessarily mean that they were a terrible person, but that you deserve something better, something different. Why do we deal with people that don't let us shine? Why do we allow people to push us around and don't stand up for ourselves? Is it because we are weak? No, maybe it's because we are scared. Maybe we love that other person so much that we are scared to tell them that they are hurting us. Maybe we are just scared of what they will think. Maybe they just make us feel like we are the problem when in actuality they are the one's that are treating us like objects. It's amazing what you want to say to that person in your head but you don't have the courage to tell them face to face. You just want to yell at them, tell them they're wrong, and be mad and angry at them. But what good is that going to do? All it is doing is concealing the real emotions that want to shine through--the sadness, pain. 
Why do we want people in our lives that we know aren't good for us? Why do we allow them to hurt us? I guess it's only human to want things we can't have. Some people say you don't move on until you find someone else. The heart is a fragile thing. Each person's heart goes through pains that everyone around them could not even imagine. More people are hurting than we could imagine. What if we just took a minute each day to sit down in a public place and look at all the people around us and remember that so many of them are hurting too. I can only imagine. 
One thing I learned from my aunt is to say silent "I love you's" in your head to those around you, whoever they may be. Even to random strangers! I have found that this truly works and how amazing it is!
Another thing that I've been learning more and more lately is to live in the present. If we are thinking so much about the future and the past then that will only lead to anxiety and unhappiness. But if we remember to be "right here, right now," then we will be living in the moment. I believe that that is the way Heavenly Father wants us to be-living in the moment. There is so much more joy to be found when we are doing that. When we just focus on where we are right now and progressing with what we have right now. It's amazing how we can shine on when we do this. So shine on today! Be where you are right now and discover the happiness that comes from that. Shine On!