This past week, it started to snow where I live. As I was
driving to pick my friend up, I was thinking about how I came
to terms with certain things, and how I continue to have work to
do to fully let go of a few more situations that have come up in my life. I was
thinking about how I knew how silly things would seem in perspective, but also
how hard it is to simply get over it. So in my toasty car, and
with the swirling snow around me, I finally understood.
Each individual experience we have with a friend, or a
family member, or with our personal struggles is like a snowflake. Snowflakes
are, in fact, completely different from each other. One experience will not be
the same compared to the next. That’s why we want to hold on so tight. But
snowflakes are not meant to be held on to. In a futile attempt, we go
around trying to catch these snowflakes, but ultimately, we are disappointed. If
you try to hold a snowflake, it melts. Sometimes, we just need to let things
fall into place. If we let the snow fall, we realize that it’s all part of a
bigger picture. We can appreciate the snowflakes not for their individuality, but
for their ability to be a part of something beyond them. And eventually, we can
look back on the mountains we’ve climbed and see the beauty in the entire
scenery. We see that each snowflake had a reason to be there, and if we had kept
them all, then the world would have a little less beauty in it.
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So we can look back on our experiences, and we will forget
who got mad at who first, but we will realize that each experience is just a way to
build you up. Our experiences are a part of us, but they do not define us. It’s
all part of a bigger picture. I believe that everything happens for a reason.
Most of the time, we don’t know what that reason is, and as hard as that is, we
need to keep it mind. The power of perspective allows us to rise out of an
unhappy place with the affirmation that in the end, things WILL turn out right.
Keep your chin up, and remember to appreciate the obstacles that you have overcome.
-Daniella
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