hurt

I'm not sure why I thought it. Maybe it was from watching Brady Quinn talk about his Kansas City teammate who committed suicide or maybe it was something else. Brady Quinn said something along the lines of "we can let moments like this define us or we can have them redefine us." When we are hurt there are two reasons...strike that, not reasons, rather there are two things to come.

When we are hurt and fallen there are two things that can come of it.

1. We learn how to fix ourselves.
or
2. We find the people who will help fix us.

When we fall or when we are hurt we learn a lot about ourselves. We learn how hard we can fight, we learn what our breaking point is, and we learn how to rebuild.

Along the way we often find that we can't do it alone. Many times there are others who will have to watch us as we go. There to protect us and show us that we can be again. They show us that it isn't the fall that will define us, it's the climb back up.

I guess that falling teaches us about those around us as well. We find our best friends when we're down or hurt. They're the ones who tell us it'll be okay or they're the ones who tell us to suck it up and press on. Neither friend is wrong, they just have different methods.

Maybe this is just cliche, but don't let the fall define you. Let the fall spark change. Let the fall fuel a fire of continually trying to better yourself. 

Learn how to fix yourself. Or, learn how to let others fix you. 

"You know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven." 

Maybe heaven is just right around the corner. 

NP: Otherside Remix- Macklemore (really on a Macklemore kick right now)