After a storm comes a calm

I’ve always been afraid, I’ve always been insecure about everything. Yet, somehow, I always seem to move on.

By Daniel B. from Portugal in Portugal

Peoples behaviour. We think and care about the future. We do not abuse of whats been given us. We share and we guide future generations to become better men and women.

We are going through a rough moment. Things are not what we expected them to be, and so we ended up losing a lot.
For me, personally, I’ve given up too many times already. Thinking about this situation. Thinking I’m not able to overcome this. Why? Because this World is not meant for the weak. And I’m not strong enough. I’ve always been afraid, I’ve always been insecure about everything. Yet, somehow, I always seem to move on.
This past few weeks I stopped and thought about everything. About me, You, the World, and what comes after.
You see, I realized that despite all the difficulties, despite all the things that dragged me down, I’ve always found a way to get back up. And that’s us, Mankind. I’ve never been alone, and neither have you. But in one way or another, when times get rough, we seem to isolate ourselves. And we should know, that you and me, alone, can’t carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. No one condemned us to.
So lets take this time to change, to strive for a better World. A World reborn of compassion and empathy. We can do it, we are capable of doing great things if we put our minds into it. And we’ve already taken so much from our World. Lets take less and give back more.

Image: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - Etienne

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