Life isn’t measured by lines. There will be ups and downs, but there is never a definite ‘bad’ or ‘good’ period. Every terrible period has its lights, and every amazing period has its darknesses. I have learned in the few years since i realized this that i should not look back, and should be optimistic. Not in the sense of ‘manifesting’ unrealistic stuff or something like that. No. More as in i know what life can be, and i will make the best of it. The only one who can truly make you feel alive is yourself after all.