No Matter What

God has put people in my life that have turned my world upside down,

and then taken them away without warning,

right when I thought I could never live without them.

He has made people the very breath I breathe,

and then left me gasping for air,

only to make room for the next person that I was going to need.

He has led me through dark valleys and put me at the bottom of some pretty deep holes.

I've often felt he left me to die in most places,

and believed I would,

but those are the times when he also gave me the strength and courage to fight my way back.

At times I felt I was forgotten by the world,

and abandoned by those I loved most.

Left on my own by those I had sacrificed so much for.

But those were actually the times when everyone was watching me,

I just didn't know it.

They watched how I never quit,

I never lost hope for a better day tomorrow.

Sometimes it's not until we emerge from the darkness,

that we finally learn how the path we left

will go on to save others who could not have survived,

had it not been for the trail we blazed.

I regret nothing in life.

If it were possible to go back in time,

I would not prevent one broken heart of my own,

or stop one tear that I've cried,

because I know that each one was required for me to survive the next.

So I just want to tell the person that's struggling right now,

don't quit.

Don't give up.

Don't lose hope.

There are more people watching you

than you could possibly know.

And some of them are people you would do anything for.

So show them how to survive.

How to keep kicking,

and fighting,

no matter what.