Struggles…

I have often heard people say, “Why is she struggling?” or “Why is he struggling?”

Then these individuals go on to say they have a new car, a great home, a wonderful husband/wife, two beautiful children and a rewarding career. And the list goes on and on.

Have these people ever stopped to think that what they see is the outer appearance or an image. (And under no circumstance am I judging anyone).

These appearances or images are perceptions these people want their friends and society to see when they look at them. This is only the surface of what these individuals are about and not their inner self. They may be struggling with issues not even those who are close to them are aware of.

This is not me giving self-help advice and I am certainly not going all psychology/therapist on those of you who read my post each week.

I am speaking from experience. We all at some point in our lives go through struggles that we have a hard time dealing with. We often hide them and sweep them under the rug as my husband has often told me I do when I am struggling with things.

But our struggles we do not have to deal with alone. (I am guilty of this). My husband tells me to share the burden and I have been able to do that. I have come to understand that if it is my struggle it is also his struggle.

If you are wondering why I am writing on this particular topic today, then I will tell you. I woke up this morning feeling extremely off. Sort of wondering if I should just go back to bed and try it again later, but I didn’t. I talked to the one person (my husband) I can share my struggles with and we sorted it out.

Struggles come in all sizes. It may be something as simple as when are we going to have time to get a particular task accomplished. However, it could also be something that is life altering that needs attention and a long conversation so it can be sorted out.

Anyway, I guess what I am trying to say is don’t just automatically think someone has it all when internally they may be dealing with the struggle of their life. A smile or a friendly hello may be all it takes to help make their day a little bit better.

“When in doubt, just be!”

~Heather Kinder