No Reason to Suffer

Posted Oct 19 2011 by with Comments Off

I read on my favorite blog the other day that pain is inevitable, but suffering is an option. This line stuck out to me so much, because it really is true. I used to think that pain and suffering go hand in hand, but I realize now that everything truly is about perception. If you focus on your pain, you’re going to suffer. If you use your time for self-improvement, your pain eventually vanishes. All wounds heal with time.

I’m a strong believer in self-improvement and empowerment. Since I started college, I’ve been making more goals for myself and working towards achieving them everyday. Some days I allowed my pain to hold me back, but now I realize that what I did was my choice. I didn’t have to step back those days, I chose to. However, despite the fact that I don’t agree with making that choice, I don’t regret it at all because I feel like I learned something. When my life first went into turmoil, I needed a few days to pick myself back up again. However, there was no reason for me to drag that on day after day for as long as I did. It’s ridiculous. I’m very different today than I was back then. I don’t put myself in situations I don’t want to be in, and I don’t deal with people I don’t want to deal with.  When I feel distraught, I do something about it. I’ll call a friend, go to the gym, dance around in my room, bake some delicious chocolaty goods, do something! These days, I never allow my pain to hold me back, and everyday more and more of it fades away. I’m very proud of myself for how far I’ve gone since last year. Back then, I felt as if my world had been flipped upside down and struck by a million and one hurricanes–I felt so defeated. Today, I feel like superwoman! I can do anything. :)

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Didi - My name is Didi Abdulnabi and I am a sophomore studying here at Augusta State University. I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and spent the majority of my years growing up there. In 2003, my family decided to move to Lawrenceville, Georgia on account of my father’s business. I'm the oldest of five kids in my family, so I've learned a lot about responsibility and dealing with people over the years. My mother is Egyptian and my father is Palestinian, so I’m happy to say that I have done a bit of traveling around the Middle East growing up. I love the feeling of being somewhere completely new and foreign compared to what I’m used to. Traveling is definitely my biggest passion—In fact, I love is SO much, that I'm actually considering becoming a linguistics major just to have more reason to travel. When I first came to ASU last year, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Here I am a year later, and I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. I know what I love, but I just don’t have a clue what to do with that, because I have so many interests! I love the stage and putting on a show, so I joined the dance team this year. I love photography, but I don’t feel passionate enough about it to turn it into a lifetime career, so I’m just taking a few art classes instead. I guess I’m your typical, confused, broke college student living with three wonderful roommates and our two ferocious kittens (Selena and Oliver). Every other weekend I visit my family in Atlanta, and I try to maintain good relationships with all my friends, the old and the new. I’ve learned so much in the past year about life and how much I didn’t know, and I’m really ecstatic to have my readers follow me on my journey to learn even more this year!

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