Everything is not okay.

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."

"Everything turns out okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end."

Both quotes seem to be by unknown authors, or at least after an hour of searching, I couldn't find any author. Either way, both are strikingly true.

Things don't always go as planned, and I am not necessarily one that believes in fate (so to speak), but I do believe in happy endings, and I do believe that good people win in the end. If it's not right, if your life is out of control, if your days are filled with longing or sadness, or if you just feel like things aren't right, then they aren't. When you're at peace with yourself and your life, then it's what is supposed to be. Everyone has ups and downs..what I am speaking of are the prolonged feelings that may exist or pop up from day to day.

It's a strange, messed up world we live in, and I am cursed with not being able to forget anything that has happened to me. I also remember almost everything that anyone's ever said to me. Every loving moment plays on like an old movie in my head, as do the painful ones. It's hard to get away from things when your brain brings memories along wherever you go, then spurts them up at a moment's notice.

I am lucky to be alive. I am lucky to have had the love I have had in my life. Things aren't okay and I feel it deep down, with every ounce of my soul. I know they will be though. After everything I have been through in life, I've never lost my hope.

Tomorrow, when you wake up or before you lie down to sleep, ask yourself, "Is everything okay?" If it's not, then it's not the end. Hold on to hope and fight to make your life okay. You all deserve nothing less than love and happiness.