Let it go - Happy Birthday, Seher Mohsin!

This is dedicated to one of my closest friends, one of my greatest muses and the only person in the world who has what it takes to keep me away from Caffeine. Happy Birthday you silly, silly person. Youre my daily dose of coffee that keeps me from killing people.

"Let it go, let it go. You only need the light when its burning low. Let it go, 

let it go."

There is magic in walking barefoot on the cold pavement as the water tickles your toes and the thunderous rain drops kiss your nose.

There is magic in looking up a the gray sky as the wind plays with your drenched hair.

"Its not all rainbows and butterflies."

Life is not going to be easy.

You are going to get hurt.

Someone will shatter your heart into thousands of small particles.

You might find yourself sitting alone in the dark staring out the window.

You are going to get hurt.

"Let it go, let it go. You only know you've been high when you're feeling low. Let it go, let it go."

You have two options, you let yourself be drenched in your tears or you let the rain wash away your pain.

When we are hurt, we believe we have every right to emotionally respond to the event. We believe we should cry and its okay to be upset about it.Yes, by all means; Cry, let it out but let it go too. When we find ourselves sitting in our pits of despair, we have the tendency to feel as if this pain, this feeling, this emotion is going to last forever. We make ourselves believe:

• We are never going to love or trust again
• Our hearts are never going to mend
• This temporary moment will have a permanent effect.

The thing about love is that it does not just happen once and that is it, you are in love forever. You have to fall in love over and over again with the same person to make it last.

The same way with pain, unless there is a constant reminder of the pain, everyday, unless there is something that constantly sends you spiraling into the abyss over and over again, the pain will fade.

Your heart will not remain broken forever.

"Let it go, let it go."

You can allow yourself to be upset in the moment, for a while, to know that you felt something but you should never let yourself drown in the pain and feel as if things are never going to get better.

The secret to being strong and finding a reason to smile is simple; Never forget that sooner or later, eventually, everything will be okay.

You need to tell yourself

"Yes, Im hurt but I will be okay."

"Yes, I want to throw an elephant at some people but no, I will not waste a perfectly good elephant."

"Yes, it hurts but I will be strong."

The moment you can stand tall and believe that you will make it through the storm, that is the moment, you will win.

Emotions are temporary, never allow yourself to believe they will leave you broken for an eternity.