Don't Give In & Don't Give up

It's a long road, and you're on your own. Take care of your broken soul."

There are days I’ve felt completely alone. Not in a physical sense people around me, messages still coming in, the world still spinning but in the quiet corners of my mind, where it feels like no one really sees the weight I carry.

That’s why when I first heard the song “There Must Be Angels,” it hit me like a wave. Not because it was uplifting in a traditional sense, but because it was honest. It didn’t try to pretend the pain wasn’t real. It didn’t offer easy answers or shallow comfort. It just… sat with the truth.

That line especially. It felt like someone had taken a snapshot of what I’ve been feeling and put it into words.

There have been nights when I’ve questioned everything. The path I’m on. The purpose of all this struggle. The times I’ve poured everything I had into something or someone and still came up empty. I've tried distractions and escapes and even convinced myself I didn’t care. But the ache remained.

And yet... deep down, some part of me refuses to let go of the idea that there must be something more. Something guiding me, even if I can’t always see it.

"There must be angels... there must be heaven in this hell that I'm living."

I don’t know if that “heaven” is a literal place or just a moment of peace in the middle of the chaos. I don’t know if the “angels” are real beings or the quiet resilience we find in ourselves when everything else falls apart. But I know this: I’ve made it through days I never thought I could. And so have you.

That means something. That is something.

To whoever’s reading this maybe you’re chasing a dream that feels further away by the day. Or maybe you’re just trying to survive, one breath at a time. Whatever it is you’re heading toward, don’t give up.

There’s more ahead than you know. There are quiet miracles hiding in the hardest seasons. And there’s grace, even when you feel like you don’t deserve it.

So no I won’t give up. And neither should you.

Because there must be angels. Even if they’re just the parts of ourselves that keep showing up when the world expects us to stay down.

~With all my heart

A. Sawyer