I wish I could say it's easy to keep going, especially when the going gets tough. The fact is that there's no sugar coating it, There's never an easy way out. This is something I face every single day, especially because of where I come from. Giving up means I don't get to eat tomorrow. Coming from where I come from the only thing I know is to keep moving forward, I can't afford to stay stagnant or wait for motivation, I can't afford to allow people tell me what to do before I know what to do, it's my duty to figure things out for myself and find my way out of any situation because at the end of the day, there are those depending on my success which is enough reason for me to keep going. Truly that is all the motivation I need.
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Currently I'm facing a bottle neck, I feel I'm at the edge of something big, I feel there's a breakthrough just by the corner, but somehow I am lacking a critical requirement to reach it. And with this realization, I also understand that things are hard, life is hard and if anything I need to get to that point. There are those around me whose survival depends on how fast I can get there and I must do it for them. This means I do not need a reason to wake up in the middle of the night, this means I need to take scraps and insults if it means I can make something tangible for that day, but it's completely okay because those I am doing it for deserve to be happy. The fact they exist is enough motivation for me to keep pushing through.
Recently a family member got arrested at a time when I needed money to solve a very urgent problem. At the same time some of my close friends needed urgent help and I found myself in the middle of everything. This was one of the days when I really wished I had things going well for me, because with all those things happening, I was at the verge of losing my job. I knew I couldn't afford to panic, I couldn't even cry that I was overwhelmed, the only thing I could do was just find a way out of everything. I had to help those I could help and apologized to those I couldn't help. Some got angry with me, others understood, but this is just a little of the pressure we go through daily.
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