The Coronacation Diaries, Episode 68

It's Okay to Just Be Okay for Today

It's okay to feel the way you do, to feel down even when the sun is shining. Some days feel
warm and glowing and light, even when it's raining; other days feel a little bit empty, even when the clouds break and the sun streams through.

We are so conditioned to try to push down our own emotions if we just aren't feeling it today, because others have it worse. We are so conditioned to feel guilty when we can't seem to muster up perpetual happiness.

It's okay to acknowledge the beauty around us and simultaneously see the devastation. It's okay to stand in the center of destruction and be awed by the gorgeous power of it all. And it's okay to wish we were anywhere but here, even though here is actually not that bad of a place to be.

It's okay to just be okay for today.

Take a walk. Take stock of where you are. Take stock of who you are. Take stock of where you wish you were. Take stock of who you wish you could be.

Then take a breath.

You're okay.

That's good enough for today.