Two summers ago, I was going into my junior year of high school unsure of who I was. I knew I had a great group of friends and a lot of things to look forward to that year, but I couldn’t help the feeling that something was missing. I felt like I had this hole or gap in myself that I didn’t know how to fill. I tried praying and talking with friends and family, but nothing seemed to be working. I remember one of my friends telling me to simply just be myself and stay true to who I was. Little did I know this is exactly what I needed.
I had spent a huge amount of my life trying to please others and be someone who I wasn’t. I didn’t know what self love really was because I never really appreciated my true self until entering junior year. With my friends advice I was able to do some amazing things. One of them was finding my voice. I found my voice, and I was able to start to speak up about my story and exactly what it is I go through. I started out by telling my good group of friends and my one friend who gave me the best advice.
I remember I was starting to love myself for the first time in years, that is when I started to see an actual change in myself. I wasn’t as depressed anymore. People started to come to me and they really wanted to be around me. People saw me as a positive loving person and it was the true me. I would never have been able to become that person if it wasn’t for my one friend’s great advice.
Sometimes people don’t realize how one simple compliment or piece of advice can come a long way and change a person’s life. I had help with a helping hand, and it’s ok. I needed that hand to help pull me back to where I wanted to be. Now I am where I want to be. It’s all thanks to my helping hand.
So reach out and help pull someone up. Compliment them or give them a simple hello. But don’t be surprised when one day they are thanking you for changing their life.
With hope and love,
Julia
To my helping hand you know who you are:)
Believe in Better Things 