reasons to keep fighting

some days it takes all my strength to not give in. some days my head screams for a break amidst the pain and chaos and overwhelm of everyday living. some days i fight simply to get out of bed. some days there’s a gaping void i wish so desperately to fill. most days i want to live, but some days, some days that want is not enough.

i am creating this list for those days; the days when the fear and the loneliness, the pain and the dark come crashing in and the only hope is to sit tight and keep fighting…

• fight for the feeling of laughter that wraps itself around you, hurting your stomach and making your eyes stream

• fight for the times when you will make someone smile

• fight for the people who lost their battles

• fight for screaming at the top of your lungs at concerts

• fight for sunsets, for sunrises

• fight for the stars and the moon and the sun

• fight for meeting the people you will grow to love

• fight for a time when you will realise you are loved

• fight so that others must not endure this pain

• fight for yourself and the person you will become

• fight for inside jokes and random laughter

• fight for the memories you are yet to make and yet to uncover

• fight for that feeling of safety as you crawl into your mum’s arms when the world feels too much

• fight for the hope that this pain will dissipate

• fight for travelling across the globe and for the cultures and the people you will meet

tags: reasons to recover, reasons to stay alive, reasons to keep going, depression, eating disorder recovery, it will be ok