The Sun Will Rise and So Will We

by Jennae Cecelia

your sun will rise once again, and I am cheering you on for that moment.

It is not your responsibility to save everyone. Don’t put that kind of pressure on yourself. Do the best you can to spread your light where you can.

Today feels heavier than most and tomorrow might too. There is uncertainty lingering in the air. But I have hope. I have strength. Those are two things I can control. I will get past all of this unknown.

I am growing. I have so much to gain. From the hill tops with sunrises and the fields with sunsets. I am watching as I grow and the earth does too. We are all growing right now, even if it is into something unexpected. It is the growth that helps us bloom.

Dear Present Me, There are sunrises over here. Coffee you will savor and not chug to stay awake. You smile more than not. When the rain does fall you allow it to hit your cheeks and know that is good for you. You found light over here in the midnight moon. I can’t wait for you to see. Love, Future Me

While you are picking up everyone else’s pieces, don’t forget you have pieces to pick up for yourself too. You can’t pour from a broken glass. Take time for you.

Sometimes you have to love people from a distance. You have the right to create boundaries. You have the right to not pick up the phone and listen.

We aren’t really alone, we just get lost in the loudness of life and forget that to see and be seen, we need to take it slow and quiet.

There is nothing wrong with the seeds you are planting. You are just in an environment that doesn’t encourage growth. It is time to move somewhere you can fully bloom as yourself.

“Don’t forget to be thankful for another day where you wake up with the sun,” they say. But it is okay not to be okay. Lay low and take it slow. Having a bad day doesn’t make you ungrateful.

The sun will rise again and so will we. Things will get greener. Things will get warmer. Everything will grow again and so will we.