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What to say to someone going through a hard time

When someone close to you is going through a difficult time, as we all will at some point in our lives, you want to support them and help them see that things will get better.

We all go through challenging times and experience ups and downs. Most of us can cope with one thing going wrong in our life, but with two or three things go wrong at once, it can be harder to cope.

The difficult periods of our lives is what shapes us and help us to grow, and then move on to bigger and better things. You don’t develop strength and backbone sitting at home watching Netflix.

Below is a top ten list of great things to say to inspire and lift someone up.

Ten kind things to say to someone going through a hard time

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Not to spoil the ending for you but everything is going to be OK.
If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it.
When shit happens, turn it into fertilizer!
Sometimes when things are falling apart they may actually be falling into place.
Life is like a roller coaster, you can either scream every time there is a bump or you can throw your hands up and enjoy the ride.
If we all threw our problem in a pile and we saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
God only gives you what you can handle. Apparently, he thinks you’re a bad ass.

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Kind words when someone is having a hard time

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Every single negative can lead to a positive. Any negative situation... don't get too down about it - you'll work it out. You learn it as you go along. You don't get smart at 17. You just don't unless you're one of a billion. it will happen over time and it's the getting there which will be the most fun. - Simon Cowell

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4 Responses

Tartlet says:
January 17, 2014 at 5:56 am
May your hard times last only as long as Kardashian marriage,
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Narnisa says:
March 10, 2014 at 1:22 am
I think this is comforting: One day you wont remember this pain that you thought would last forever.
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Viv says:
July 6, 2014 at 3:27 am
You could say some of life’s best lessons are learned at the worst time. Then again, that might not e comforting.
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1. Bruna says:
  April 23, 2016 at 8:53 pm
  There Are Some Things You Can Only Learn In A Storm.
  Love Mom
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