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Life isn't easy. Next to I love you, those are probably the three most overused words in the English language. "Life's a bitch, and then you die." Too true for words. But why is life a bitch? Why do we have to face hardships in life?

You'll probably come to notice that most of these "hardships" we all have to face come in your teens and twenties - and probably into your thirites. Hell, maybe even all the way up to mid-life. Why is this?
This blog is called "These Years Make Us Who We Are" for a reason. It's not just these years, but the hardships that come with them. With life comes loss, heartbreak, and obstacles we must over come. Why do we have to overcome them? More importantly, what's the point of all this trouble we're put through?
The trouble we have to put up with in these years molds us into the person we're meant to be. Every loss, every heartbreak, every little demon we have to go through on the way, filled the mold of the person we're supposed to be. There are going to be bumps in the metaphorical road of life, there are going to be bad parts in every chapter. But sometimes, you have to turn the page, no matter how hard it is. By getting through it, you're filling that mold a little bit more, and you're becoming more and more like the person you're meant to be. You're becoming the person that you're meant to leave your mark in this world as. Maybe it'll be a big mark, and maybe not so big, but I can guarantee you, after your gone, someone will remember you and care about you. Those hardships, those obstacles, form you into your destined self, and that doesn't just affect you, but others. Your friends, your family, your children, your children's children. You can change the world to everyone, or to just one person.
Isn't it worth all that trouble? Isn't knowing that you'll mean something to someone worth all of this pain that you have to go through?
Yes.
Of course it is.
I'm not a preppy optimist. I have my bad days and what not, where I think "what's the point?" But there is a point. It's not fun, it's not easy, but it's life, and it's the life you're meant to lead. So lead it.

~J*~

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