Reminder: You Will Survive

Thought Catalog
2 min readOct 28, 2021
Monica Turlui

By Marisa Donnelly

This is your reminder that whatever darkness you are facing will eventually become light. That whatever knots are tied around you will one day be released. That every storm cloud will finally break to a baby blue sky. That you should not feel invalidated, or think what you’re experiencing somehow doesn’t matter (because it does), but that everything in this world is temporary. And this too shall pass.

This is your reminder that sometimes the hardest moments of our lives shape us. That sometimes the deepest heartache changes us for the better. That the relationships we lose teach us what to value when the next person comes along. That the loved ones we watch go to heaven will give us lessons and blessings that shape the way we live from this moment on. That the unanswered prayers might be what we really needed. That every awful thing we experience makes us who we are.

This is your reminder that you won’t always feel the way you do right now. That in time, you will wake without thinking of the person who walked away, or the mistake you made. That with distance, you will heal from abuse and find your wings. That with space, you will begin to find yourself again, in ways that you never imagined you could.

This is your reminder that what breaks will remold. That what bends can be reformed. That what shatters…

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