Hope vs. Despair

It takes courage to go on after you’ve lost something so close to your heart that the mere thought of it brings terrible heartaches. In the beginning, your pain will take your breath away, it will sting, and it will hurt. You wonder if you’ll ever make it out of the plight or if life will be the same when you do. Gray clouds will cover your sky, and you’ll find it difficult to smile. Then, one day you decide that enough is enough. You are reborn at that moment as a stronger version of the previous day’s individual.
Day after day, you pick up the shattered pieces of your old self and glue them together with toughness, empathy and willingness to keep on going no matter where the road will take you. It can’t be worst than what you’ve experienced. You put your trust in God and let him guide you through your journey. Weeks will pass, and new experiences will come your way. You’ll meet new people, and read new books, and do new things. The excruciating pain fades away until it becomes a memory lost in an ocean of other memories. You will never forget what you’ve lost, but you’ll be in control of what to remember.
You’ll regain the most beautiful smile ever, and you will display it for the world to see. It is your way of saying that you came out triumphant from a hardship, much wiser and more compassionate than before. It is within your grasp to pick between hope for a better tomorrow or despair for the loss.