Things that took me a LONG time to realize: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •It is OKAY to lean on people ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •It is OKAY to ask for help ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •It is OKAY to not be okay ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I heard something recently that just didn’t sit well with my soul. A woman was talking about hardships that she was experiencing in life and at the conclusion of her talk she said “but it could always be worse. I have so much to be thankful, that I feel like I don’t deserve to be unhappy about this stuff…”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I thought this was so sad. And don’t get me wrong I am all for being aware of your situation and being grateful for the good things in life. But we’re hearing it more and more, especially with social media…people are attacking each other saying things like “first world problems” and “at least it’s not this…” or “it could be so much worse”….or devastatingly, someone could say “that’s all that’s wrong?”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think people should be able to admit when they’re sad, or tired, or struggling, or falling apart ...