Silver linings and a stalk in the wind

Stalks bend in the wind, but survive (Image by Wirestock on Freepik)

There is a common feeling that many young people and teenagers experience. It is not sadness or grief, but a sense of emptiness. This strange feeling can lead you to indulge in the false belief that you are alone in this world, or that your life has no meaning.

The inability to see something does not disprove its existence. Yet, we trap ourselves into seeing the world as its darkest and bleakest aspects, and lead ourselves into believing that the world can exist in no other way.

There is no difficult situation that will last for very long, but sometimes, instead of waiting for the situation to pass by as quickly as possible, it is important to analyse it and find the positives in it. That way, when we encounter similar issues in the future, we have the ability to not just survive them, but to thrive in them.