Sometimes It's OK To simply have a day

​I will likely always share this post when it pops up this time of the year. I desperately needed these words once. I still do at times. So maybe you need to hear them as well.

But years ago a friend sent me the words quoted below. She said she sent them not to assume sadness, but to recognize that with holidays there can come hard days.

She is right. There are hard days. And what a gift it is to have someone in your life who will predict it, see it coming, and say it; I know there are hard days.

And what sweet relief, right? To be granted permission to not have a great day or to not knock it out of the park today or to even be a constant smile.

What a blessing to hear: "I advise you to simply have a day."

Some days our days are hard because we can't live up to the expectations a day places on us. Expectations are heavier during the Christmas season. But my friend has reminded me that not all days are made to be life changers. Some days are made to just be life. And there is nothing small about the gift of life.

My friend also said this, "I could see you make this into a beautiful post that reaches so many more people."

I think that was her heart wanting more people to know, it's OK to simply have a day.

So for her, and from me, I don't want to assume sadness. Because you don't have to be sad to be having a hard day. And you also don't have to be over the moon happy to have a worthwhile day.

Some days it's quite OK to just have a day.

If you are reading this, you are having a day, and you are a gift to this day. You are a reason that makes this a day so worth having.

If it's a hard day, I feel you. All I can say is feed yourself well, wear some comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.

It'll get better.

Until then, hey, let's you and me, let's simply have a day.