You don't give up just because things are hard.

It’s easy to give up when things get hard. It’s easy to feel defeated and hopeless when life becomes a struggle. But just because things are bad now doesn’t mean they always will be. A bad day doesn’t mean you will have a bad life. You are wired for struggle. You are a warrior and a survivor. Struggling isn’t a reason to give up—it’s an opportunity to practice being brave.

No matter how difficult things get or how many times you fall, you have to find the strength within to pick yourself back up. Because you can. Because you exist, and therefore you matter. Because people need you. And because people care about you.

You keep pushing forward, every day, no matter how dark things seem because you have the opportunity to do so much good in this world. To touch people’s lives, to make connections, to contribute to projects you are passionate about, to fight for the people you love, to make your mark on this planet. You have far more power than you realize. And you are so much more important than you know.

Don’t give up. Things can and will get better. You aren’t alone and you are so loved.