Everyone has a bad day and we do our best to get through it, but it is not the same when you have a bad week. A bad week is seven times worse than a bad day and much more exhausting. It takes a toll after a while. Physically and emotionally a bad week can ruin you. It is like a darkness that creeps into your mind and wears you down with each passing hour and each passing day, taking a little more every time.

During this week from hell, it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Half the time we think that there is no way we can possibly survive and we try to blame anyone and everyone. We think that the universe must be angry at us because we just cannot catch a break. Maybe it is true, maybe we cannot catch a break, but it is not because the universe is angry at us, it is because we are angry at ourselves. This anger is poisonous and intoxicating to our soul and makes us act irrationally. It is these actions that bring consequences that are truly the cherry on top of this horrible week and make you reflect on what caused all of these bad vibes.

This reflection is what leads to the discovery of a deeper problem. We are not mad at the universe or at whatever it was that started this hellish week. We are mad at ourselves for having let ourselves get angry and give into the black hole that is is a bad week. We are angry at not handling a situation better that could have potentially changed the rest of the week. It is that anger toward ourselves that sucks us into the abyss and creates a tunnel vision in which we see nothing but red, feeling as if the universe is crashing down on us.

The reality, however, is another.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel and the fastest way to reach it is by learning to forgive. Forgive whoever or whatever it was that started the domino effect of this bad week. But most importantly, forgive yourself. Forgive yourself for having a lot on your mind, forgive yourself for being stressed out and above all, forgive yourself for being human and having a bad moment. That might be the hardest part of all of this; learning and allowing us to forgive ourselves and admit that we are human. We hold ourselves to such high standards that often times we inflict a harsher punishment on ourselves for allowing us to have this bad week that it just adds to it. Is it easy?

No, but nothing in life is ever easy.

We must learn to look to those around us and find a support system amongst friends and family so that we may be able to help each other through these bad weeks.

We have to learn that there are some things that are out of our control and sometimes these bad weeks we go through are really just a way for the universe to remind us to slow down and take a moment to feel all that we suppress and forgive ourselves for not being perfect. After all, we are just human.