When life doesn’t treat you well…

These moments when you feel mistreated, you are disappointed of someone or of a situation, you don’t understand why this happens to you, you think it’s unfair, you don’t understand it, you are upset, sad, frustrated, …

Yeah, well, we all know these feelings, these moments of frustration and disappointment. I had such a moment recently where I was so shocked about a situation that made me so terribly sad that I just bursted out in tears. And it seemed like I didn’t wanna stop anymore.

But you know being sad is not such a big deal, being alone is. I am lucky to have people in my life that are there for me and cheer me up whenever I need it. So that night it was my husband and my parents who cheered me up. They were just there for me, listened to me, hugged me, kissed me, gave me ice-cream and watched my favourite series with me. That was exactly what I needed and I got it from the people that mean the most to me.

And while I was still crying a bit I had a moment where my feelings changed, they changed from disappointment and sadness to gratitude. It seemed like I was watching myself from outside of my body. I saw myself sitting together with the ones I love and them caring for me to the fullest. I could still feel the sadness but at the same time I was so incredibly grateful for having these people around me and I was wondering how anything could ever really harm me as long as I have all this love surrounding me. And this made me happy as I don’t take it for granted having the best parents in the world and the loveliest husband I could have ever imagined.

And I decided I’d rather drown in gratitude than in sadness.