Strong Heart

Somebody started talking to me tonight.
He was having a rough night with all the things he's been through the past half year, and he needed a talk.
I don't really know that guy that well, but I'm always willing to lend a listening ear.
Sometimes it can be really helpful to just tell your story and having someone there to listen to it. Whether they understand or not is irrelevant. The fact that they listen is enough...
And when he was done talking he asked me how I was holding up.
I hadn't heard or seen the guy in a long time, so I surprised him when I told him that I wasn't doing so brilliantly.
He was kind of shocked. He told me he had always figured out that I had it made. That I had everything I wanted. Of course he couldn't have known because he wasn't aware that I have been without a relationship for 1,5 year.
So I only explained a fraction of how I actually am doing right now. And I appreciated what support he gave me, knowing the bigger things he's been dealing with this last year.
This helped me to put things in perspective once again.
Yes, my life isn't all that cracked up to be right now, but there are a lot of people out there who are having to deal with things which are a lot worse.
There's always something that goes wrong in our lifes. The fact is that we have to deal with these tests the best we can.
And we can't ever give up on ourselves and the people we love.
It takes a strong heart to persist.
But persevere I will...