The key of success

The moment when you feel like everything is staying still, nothing is moving forward and you are not capable of changing anything is a moment of doubt. Doubt towards yourself, hanging in the line between pushing ahead and giving up. That moment can consume you and hold you hostage making you feel like there is nothing left to be done but surrender to the flat line in front of you that is your life. 

We all lose our faith in ourselves every once in a while. We all face barriers that feel impossible to overcome, tasks that seem too hard to pass with what we've got. The devil of laziness forms an alliance with the haunting feeling of doubt and disbelief in yourself. There are times when you have so many things on your plate at once that the burden of carrying out all of them sounds ridiculously insane.

The only way to get ahead in life is believing in yourself. I know it is not always easy. Sometimes you need a stepping stone to help you get there, sometimes you just have to build it slowly and steadily. No matter how rough it might be, it will all be worth it once you climb to the top; you will have the strength to get back on your feet when you fall down, to finish what you started, to continue the journey started. You will have the courage to go after what you want and deserve. 

I get moments of doubt when I feel like all my hard work is meaningless. Like no matter how much I want something and work for it, I will never achieve it. I wonder why I even try, how should I be the lucky one to get to the top? I sit by the table with my books in front of me and suddenly those two or three turn into a mountain of work. I have my eyes on something good in the future but still sometimes feel so helpless for not being able to know for sure what time brings. 

Then I take a deep breath. I turn to someone who believes in me even when I don't or look for some peer support among my friends who are in the same situation. After a few encouraging words, a little bit of humour, some ridiculously exaggerated worst-case-scenerios described and laughed at, everything is okay again. I hold my head up high and look ahead: I can do this. 

In the end, nobody can promise that you will succeed, nobody can say for sure how things will go. It is only a matter of believing and hoping. All you can do is try. 

This song doesn't have anything to do with the theme, but it is just one of the most beautiful songs I know.