There is something magical and beautiful in hitting rock bottom. It’s a place where you're forced to look in the mirror and think about who you are. You get to reflect on your past and look forward to your future. This is probably the first time you've ever had to truly do both. There is something beautiful in falling part. It gives you the chance to put the pieces back together however you like.

Everyone has a story. It doesn’t matter how tragic or not tragic yours is. We all have felt like we're stuck in this continuous rut with no escaping. We all have felt like we're not the same person we used to be. You know what? That’s okay. We're not meant to be the same person we were a year ago, a day ago or even an hour ago. We will not be the same person tomorrow that we are today.

As a society, we like to think that someone can only hit rock bottom after something big goes wrong. Someone has had to have went through some huge loss, a huge drug overdose or anything else that’s just straight up horrible. These of course, could very well cause someone to hit rock bottom. Who are we to judge someone else’s struggle? We try to rationalize what can be determined as “rock bottom” and just “non-motivated,” this however, is crap.

Sometimes it's taking hits from the little things over and over again that causes you to hit rock bottom. It’s the words said, the words left unsaid. Maybe it’s a person or maybe it’s a consistent battle with yourself that has led you to this place. It doesn’t matter who or what has brought you here, all that matters is what you do now.

Everyday you have to make a choice to move forward, to not look back and remember where you’re going. Don’t forget where you were though. You have to remember how you felt hitting rock bottom. It will remind you time and time again that you don’t ever want to feel that way again.

You have to now focus on yourself, and frankly, you deserve to focus on yourself. You deserve to have that happiness. You just fought through hell to climb your way out of rock bottom. You deserve to celebrate that.

It’s hard finding yourself all over again, that I won’t lie about. I wasn’t, however, lying when I said that there is something beautiful and magical in doing so. You get to create yourself all over again. You get to dream new dreams, strive for new goals and set new standards for yourself. You get to build yourself from the ground up. You soon find yourself appreciating and finding true happiness in the little things like you never did before. You no longer have to struggle to find the light because you're finally out of the dark and that is absolutely beautiful.