Dear Trybe,
I have missed you.
I have been good. I hope you have been as well.
How’s life been treating me? Oh well, it’s been... life. Filled with ups and downs.
And that’s what I wish to speak about today. The fleeting nature of it all.
“Nothing Lasts Forever”.
I’m certain we’ve all heard/read this statement many times, and most of those times, it was said on a negative note.
Well, it’s common knowledge that everything that exists is like the coin; they come with two sides—the good and bad.
And that is the same way the fleeting nature of life is; fully equipped with cons and pros.
Today, I’d love to talk about both sides but with more emphasis on the pros.
Let’s start with the cons though. I’m kinda a “bad news first” person. Just feels right to always end with the good news. Keeps everyone happy, you get?
You see, the basis of life itself, is the fact that it isn’t meant to linger for eternity. We’re all pilgrims through this phenomena called living.
We come, we live, we die, and if we didn’t live a great enough life, are forgotten. Even if we did, thousands of years would pass and we would eventually no longer be memories. That’s just how things are.
Now, we’ve established the fact that we humans are not on earth for the “ride or die”. How then can we expect anything we manage to build to ever last forever?
Relationships end in one way or another. We either outgrow them, or vice versa. Some morph into new kinds of relationships, and even the ones that seem to linger for eternity, still end when one of the individuals involved close their eyes for good.
Structures get old and weak and have to be rebuilt/renovated. Dresses get worn out. The “high” of new love fizzles out eventually. Money comes and leaves, emotions never stay the same for too long, seasons change. Even ill and good health switch places every now and then.
You could be feeling high today and the next day, things are down bad.
But that’s the catch! And this is where we switch into the pros.
Things could be down bad today and before you know it, they’re looking up again! A new opportunity comes your way, new love is found, fresh connections are made, your good health is restored, and credit alerts are entering your account steadily once more!
What I’m trying to say is, as much as it seems like things can go bad in a twinkle of an eye, they can also turn good that fast!
You see, sometimes we get so anxious, filled with worry that the wonderful moments we’re experiencing in our lives would be cut short, and we would have to regret ever falling for the “trick” and allowing ourselves to be happy at all.
Other times, we become so despaired by the fact that nothing seems to be going right and we begin to truly believe that things will never change.
That’s not true. Remember our theme for today? Nothing lasts forever! Especially the bad things!
Troubling times will come, yes, but they’ll also eventually go. There’s no storm, regardless of how much havoc it wreaked, that didn’t eventually meet its end. No rain that has fallen forever.
No matter how long the night wants to prove it can be, morning always comes!
So rest assured in this fact today. Seasons will change, dawn will rise, the sun will shine and we will have reasons to smile again❤️
So, hang in there. Please?
You’ve got this!
With love,
Phoenix.
XOXO
And I’m out ✌🏽
Thank you for this🥺
Thanks 😊❤