Just because you’restruggling doesn’t mean you’re failing. Move on from what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you. When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose. And that’s a good thing because we often won’t move unless circumstances force us to. Sometimes life closes doors because it’s time to move forward. Here are a few reminders to help motivate you when you need it most: Because it’s not what the world takes away from you that counts it’s what you do with what you have left. Always look at what you have, instead of what you have lost. Imagine all the wondrous things your mind might embrace if it weren’t wrapped so tightly around your struggles. And that no matter how good or bad I have it, I must wake up each day thankful for my life, because someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

It’s still there today, and it continues to remind me that there is always, always, always something to be thankful for. I photocopied it and pinned it to my bulletin board about a decade ago. That’s an entry from my grandmother’s journal, dated.

Over the past few hours I have watched dozens of cancer patients being wheeled by in wheelchairs and rolling beds. None of these patients could be a day older than 17.” I’m a 69-year-old woman in the last room at the end of the hall before the pediatric division of the hospital begins. Up until now I have had no health problems.

But in a strange way I feel like the lucky one. “Today, I’m sitting in my hospital bed waiting to have both my breasts removed. Re-blogged from Marc and Angel's blog HACK LIFE

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