Quote Sunday: Part One

I love a good quote. One of my best friends and I regularly send a gem we may have heard or read recently as we know we will both appreciate them. I read this one of Twitter recently and it definitely hit home.

"Surround yourself with those who see greatness in you, even when you don't see it in yourself."

This past year has been the hardest I've ever lived through. Home life has been really difficult and it's still pretty tough. Although I've mentioned things about this before on my blog, I like to keep my private life private and therefore won't go in to great detail. However, there have been times in my final year of university when I genuinely felt that I could not continue. I was beginning to suffer from panic attacks and my anxiety was at an all time high. Some days it would be a struggle getting out of bed to the library. 

On Friday, I found out I had achieved a 2:1 in my History with Journalism degree. To say I was happy was an understatement. Celebrating with a friend that afternoon, she said something that made me feel good. "Kat, back in September, you told me you were going to quit university. I'm so proud that you didn't. I knew you would stick at it." 

Her comment got me thinking. All the times I did feel like quitting or giving up, I knew I had so many people who I could phone or visit. They never gave up on me and I think that is the foundation of friendship. We all go through times in our lives when cannot see beyond our weaknesses. That is when you need people around you to remind you of your greatness and push you through it. It may take (in my case) endless hugs, rom-coms, tequila, late-night chinese and Facetime but you will get there in the end. 

Kat xx