“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

I'm sure many of you have had days where they start out like a perfectly normal day. Feeling great, content with everything and then some time throughout the day, that feeling just turns a 180 on you...well, that was my day yesterday. Ironically, I believe my post from yesterday or possibly the day before, had a completely different tone...I'm not biopolar, just moody I guess. But as my perfectly normal day began, it ended much differently and I woke up this morning hanging onto a little piece of yesterday. But, being a part of a very prestigious University, things happen, things that we do not understand and these things stay with me.


Being a recent college graduate myself, my job is a perfect fit. My position involves interaction with graduate students who are under very demanding timelines and many of them are trying to make the world a better place. They are all absolutely wonderful people and our conversations consist of everyday things and I love being a part of that. Unfortunately, being close in age to many of these graduate students, things that happen affect me on similar scale. Now while I do not know many (actually most of them) on a personal basis, things that occur within the graduate population still affect me more than I realize. While I will not discuss exactly what caused me to write this post, it is something that has been weighing on my mind since yesterday afternoon and I would like to share the conclusion that I've been grappling with.


There are so many times in life where sometimes you think "I give up" or you say it out loud, you throw your hands in the air or you just get plain pissed off. Now, typically it's just in reference to small things, like opening a jar of tomato sauce or trying to work through a difficult puzzle, even dealing with the long wait for customer service on the phone - but you never mean "I give up" literally or to the extent that you would do something drastic. If I can't open that jar of tomato sauce, I'll wait for Chris to get home or have my sister do it, and the difficult puzzle? well I'll also ask Chris for help with that too. After thinking about it, we're not giving up, we're just looking for alternative ways to get it done...a solution to the problem so to say. It is so important to admit to yourself that you sometimes need help. There is nothing to be ashamed about and many people are ready to lend a hand.

It is also so important to be aware of the people you're close with. Try and take notice of who they are: are they having a bad day, do they need someone just to listen, are they themselves, struggling with something. Sometimes it just takes one person to notice them to make all the difference. To let them know that there is someone thinking of them and that you are concerned. Sometimes I just need someone to sit next to me, I don't need you to say anything, I just need to feel you there.