For a lot of college students, this week is finals week. With that, not only comes exams, but also presentations and final group projects. I presented my thesis proposal to not only my committee, but most of our department professors and some of my peers as well. I killed it and everything went amazingly well. However, the day before, I was a wreck. My parents can attest to the amount of sheer anxiety and stress coming from my phone calls to them. Some of these feelings came from the presentation, but most of it was just the feeling of being burnt out. All of this came crashing down on me the day before I presented. But, you know what? That’s okay. It’s okay to have those bad days before the best ones come to light. It’s okay to go through the worst before it gets better. That happens in life. We pray through it and we keep pushing, and eventually those bad days and breakdowns make the best days, even better than we could have imagined. I went into my presentation the next day with God on my side, as He always is, and did a great job.
Those bad days are bound to happen. You may think you’re at your lowest point, but that means there’s only one way to go from there, and as you continue to climb up, you’ll reach those best days. You’ll accomplish your goals and move forward in your journey. Then, the cycle will eventually hit again, and you will do the same thing. Being knocked down is common in life, but getting back up is the most important part of it that most people tend to neglect. God is there to pick us back up, and believing in both Him and yourself is the key to coming out the other side triumphant. The next time you get knocked down, look up for His guiding hand and understand that you will get through this.