When life gives you lemons

So. I was in the shower...where I have all my greatest singing moments and thinking moments.
And I had just a very..calm feeling run through me.
Like everything is the way it is for a reason.
note that I am NOT religious. So pause those thoughts right now.

Despite everything going on in my life right now....

(my life is not all flowers and icecream but I don't share that with you all because it's my private business and it's unprofessional and the last thing I want to be to you all is one of those annoying people that only bitches and moans in their journals/on stream. The only time I will and have done that is if i believe it will or IS affecting my ability to draw and/or get commissions done.)

I'm happy.

And it made me realize....
If I gave up every time shit happened...I wouldn't be where I am now.
If I quit every time I got upset.... I wouldn't be where I am now.
and
If I ignored all the support and love I am shown...I wouldn't be where I am now.

I'm not saying you should never get upset. That would be dumb as hell.
Instead I'm saying when you get upset...BE UPSET. I mean really BE MAD.
Some of you have seen how I get when I'm really upset. I let it all out. I want to kill the world.
But you have also seen how quickly..BECAUSE of it...that I bounce back.
Some of you don't even notice i'm gone lol.
Holding it in doesn't help.
And not taking the time you need to recover doesn't help either. Even if its just art block. The MINUTE you notice it give yourself the time you need. Trying to FORCE it isn't going to help.
That's like trying to run a mile more after already running 50. When all your body and mind is begging for is a moments rest on a park bench.
Work WITH your body and mind.
And your soul, your passion, your will power, will benefit from it.

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Dean: Hey, when I want to drink, I drink. When I want sex, I go get it. Same goes for a sandwich or a fight.
Castiel: So... you're saying you're just well-adjusted?
Dean: God, no. I'm just well-fed.
-Supernatural

When you are tired. You should sleep.
When you cannot draw anymore. Take a break.
When you want to cry. Cry.
And then when you have the drive to go at things again. You can go at it...with everything you've got. Because you are not hungry for other things you didn't allow yourself before.
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And I didn't always bounce back alone. The worst type of person to me is someone that SCREAMS out for help...and constantly...constantly...pushes it away. You can lead a horse to water...but you cannot make it drink.
Of course when you're pissed you may not want the help immediately even though you need it. But you can't STAY that way. You piss off the ones trying to help you and you end up hurting yourself too.

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up, The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time" - Thomas Edison
This quote has stuck with me through everything since I heard it.
Need more? Go here http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/k.....giving_up.html

So when life gives you lemons
And you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
You get mad at first. Scream and let it out.
And when you're tired of being in the situation.
You turn that fucking lemon.
Into a fucking bomb of determination.
And you get through it.

And when you can't do it alone?
You call a friend or as MANY AS YOU NEED.
Your friend(s) calls in an airstrike of support.
And you get through it together.

And when it's all over.
You say 'I can do this.'

because I did.
and I always will.
For myself.
And for all of you who've been there when shit got rough.