Whatever You Do You Have To Keep Moving Forward

Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. 

By: Jordynne McKinstry

Date: Feburary 2023

Trauma isn’t an easy thing to face and deal with. But the thing is, trauma can’t put your life on hold. 

You can stop living but life makes you continue to survive. 

There is a difference between what it is like to live and what it means to just survive day by day. 

The thoughts in your head so dark, 

Telling you that you won't amount to anything.

Then there are the few voices on the outside telling you you’re worth so much more than you realize.

Who do you believe?

Having trauma can mean two different things. 

You can face it, heal it and start living, or you can let it kill you inside while asking yourself everyday how you're going to continue to survive it.

Surviving and not living puts all of your future potential on the back burner. 

Whichever road you choose to walk down, you will always look back and see that “whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

Inspired by MLK’s Poem:

“If you can’t fly then run, If you can’t run then walk, If you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”