6 Reminders For When You Feel Like Your Best Days Are Behind You
By Holly Riordan
1. You are allowed to appreciate your warmest memories without wanting to run back to them. Sometimes, the people who were instrumental to you in the past no longer serve you in the present. Sometimes, you’re meant to move on without the people and places that have shaped you. Even though it hurts to say goodbye, you cannot remain in the same place forever. Once you outgrow your surroundings, you owe it to yourself to move on.
2. You aren’t giving yourself enough credit. Sometimes, you’ve gotten lucky throughout life. But most of the time, you ended up making a new friend or dating a new person or earning a new job because you made it happen. You used your tools to your advantage. You welcomed success with open arms. Even though you’re down right now, you haven’t lost your touch. You’re going to discover happiness again. It’s not out of your reach. Not even close.
3. You never know what’s waiting for you around the corner.Think of all the spectacular things that have happened to you in the past, all of the little moments you never expected, that hit you out of nowhere. There are so many opportunities you’ve come across that have surprised you — and you’ll be surprised again. You cannot predict where this life will take you. You just have to hold onto the hope that…