Everybody Hurts

Everybody feels pain and hurt.

I just wrote about pain here in fact.

When I feel hurt I often find solace in music.

One song in particular usually comes to mind. You probably have heard it - Everybody Hurts by REM.

Here's the video:

And here are the lyrics:

Everybody Hurts - REM

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (Hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (Hold on)
If you think you've had too much
Of this life, well hang on

Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand, oh no

Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone
No, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes

So hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts

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This may seem like a very simplistic post and the message may look obvious...but when you are hurting sometimes you need to be presented with small, simple snippets of truth. Forget the long, drawn-out psycho-babble. 

Yeah...so the central message here is that no matter how hard things seem...no matter how much you are hurting...you are not alone. And you need to hold on.

Hurting is universal and it is also relative. Just because someone else is going through something that is seemingly way worse than what you are going through does not make what you feel any different. It still hurts like hell.

So if you are hurting...reach out to your loved ones. They love you and want to be there for you in your time of need. And they will reach out to you when the tables are turned.

And they will be turned one day.

Because everybody hurts sometimes.

So just hold on.

Smiles,

Lora