Don't Ba Afraid To Change Your Environment

In life you will experience a multitude of ups and downs, sometimes they will knock you down quite a few pegs and it'll feel like getting back up is pointless. I'm not going to sit here and tell you what you need to do to get back up and on your feet. But I will give you this little analogy to perhaps brighten your spirits. In a city which is filled with concrete, constant movement, and hostility. There will always be some sort of greenery that will break through and lend itself to the elements and shine above the rest. No matter how many times their roots get pulled out, or boiled, or bleached, they still grow back just as strong. Some places are easier to grow than others, this goes for saying that maybe where you are may need a change or some revamping. Like plants we need a healthy environment to thrive in, sunlight, nutrition of varies sorts, and healthy interactions. It has been proven that in positive environments plants and flowers thrive and grow at least two times stronger and more lush, where as in the negative environment, the plant droops and has a very hard time trying to survive. This all leads to my next point where if you find yourself stuck, feeling droopy and negative, try to change something about your everyday. Maybe get yourself a plant and learn from it, something easy so you can feel accomplished by its own growth pair with yours.

Now sometimes the negativity comes from exterior sources like where you live, or the people around you. Sometimes it takes leaving an environment that has those negative effects to really understand what was getting to you in the first place. To bring it to a personal level, when I was in my transition phase from living on a small island with my parents to moving to the city on my own, the answer was right in front of me, yet I chose to ignore it because I could not be strong enough to sever those bonds that I've had for over 15 years. But the truth for me was that there were people in my life that needed to work on their own life before it was healthy for me to step in and be the support they needed. Sometimes you need to keep in mind when the best time to walk away is, sadly being a crutch for someone is not healthy for you or the person you are helping. I've lent my hand before and most times they would take the whole arm and leave me in some sort of shambles that I'd have to go to therapy for. In my experience this is a very common problem with many young adults, which is why I bring up again, if things aren't going your way in life or you are not feeling that satisfaction of being alive and feeling blessed to be in this beautiful world, reassess your environment, inside and out, and try to rework or mood it into the life you want.