Many times, when you ask someone how they are doing, or when someone asks how you are doing, no one is ready to honestly say what they feel. The universal answer is that they are ‘okay' or ‘fine'.
That is usually quite far from the truth. People are hurting and going through a lot of pain behind closed doors. There is so much heaviness that is carried in every ‘I'm okay' you hear.
No one is ready to talk about what they are going through. No one is willing to admit that things are not okay and that they are actually struggling. It's sad. We are living in a sad world hiding in fake smiles, displaying deceptive lives on social media, and pretending to have it all.
But you need to remember that it's okay to not be okay. You don't have to live the expensive lives that people are showing off on their statuses. You don't know what they are doing to live like that and what they are going through off the camera.
It's okay to feel sad, to be angry, to fail, and to break down. It's okay to accept that things are not going your way and you don't know how to deal with them. It's okay to ask for help. You can't do it all on your own. Building an empire requires many hands.
So go ahead and not be okay. Give yourself time to not be okay, to cry, and gather yourself together. Grieve what you have lost then regroup and come back stronger.
Here are okay quotes to give you the courage to be gentle with yourself when things are not perfect, to help you ask for help when you need it, and to strengthen you even when you feel like you can't take it anymore. Read on.
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