People will try to poison your dreams, but you do not have to let them do it. Take control and be active in fixing the situation the best you can for yourself. Everything can be too overwhelming if it is happening at once but that is ok. Life is working for you and not against you. Things can change an instant and you can go from sadness to happy or happy to sad. Life makes me think of a board game. You roll the dice, and some turns you win the beauty pageant and other times you end up in jail. It can be a crazy world, but you must never let it take control over you. We just continue to make the best decisions we can with the best information that we can at the time. It can be fun when you want to be the person you know you can be. Facing different obstacles and see all kinds of stuff makes you think about what is real and what you do not need. Feeling nostalgic about the past is good but staying in the present is always important. Remember people change their minds every second, so you must be able to adapt to anything. That is what will keep you from giving up when life throws you a curveball. We do not need to be angry or have resentment but just accept things as they are and stay calm. If you stay calm, you will do better than a lot of the population. Staying unfazed is hard because we want things now, we want them our way, and there are unlimited ways for life to be confusing. It truly takes toughness to be able to handle everything. You can feel sad, break down, cry, get upset, but you just can never give up. Failing is acceptable but quitting will harm you more than anything. When things are not working the way, you would think they would work that means you need to change your approach and see what happens. Usually for me, that means jumping through extra challenges but ending up with a nice reward at the end of it. When life tests you I now think of all the Olympic athletes and all the training they must do for their event. You will never be able to predict how life will happen for you, but you can prepare yourself and be ready for situations that can come up. When things are not going your way then it is time for you to be the most hopeful and most kind to yourself. Protect yourself, stay hopeful, do not give up when things are not going your way. A champion has people they do not know as their fans because they have made it. When you have not made it yet in life you could only have your circle with of people with you. The key thing is to stay strong. Strength will get you through these times and protect you. During the good times, we can just coast and run on excitement. Good things can be just a second away.