These days feel endless. The weight of it all — stress, uncertainty, exhaustion — settles into your bones like a cold that won’t leave. The days blur together, each one carrying the same heaviness, the same unanswered questions. You wonder if it will ever change, if you’ll ever feel light again, if there’s truly an end to this season of struggle. You hold on, but some days, even that feels impossible.

One day, this will be over.

The struggle, the uncertainty, the weight you’ve been carrying for so long you forgot what lightness feels like, will disappear like the blizzards of winter vanish into the warm breath of Spring. One day, you will look back and realize you made it through. It is behind you.

One day, the storm will pass. The skies will clear, and the sun will return — not just to the world outside, but to the quiet corners of your heart. One day, you will step out from the shadows and remember what it’s like to breathe deeply, free from fear. You won’t have to brace yourself for the next hit, the next disappointment, the next wave of sorrow. You will simply exist, whole and unharmed.

One day, the pain that feels endless will become your story of strength and resilience. The moments that shook you will become proof of your stamina, your persistence, your desire to hold tightly to what’s right, true, and moral. The nights that felt impossible to survive will become the mornings you anticipate with eagerness. You will reclaim the hours that once dragged you down and fill them with laughter, love and unshaken hope.

One day, you will laugh again without the dull, throbbing ache that always lies underneath. You will dance without the heaviness of confusion and grief. You will wake up and realize that joy isn’t something distant — it’s here, within reach, waiting for you to claim it. That what you thought was lost will return in new, unexpected ways. The love you feared was gone will find you again, in friendships, in kindness, in the quiet peace of a life that no longer feels like a fight.

One day, the questions that haunt you will have answers, or maybe they won’t — but they won’t hold you back anymore. One day, you will stop searching for the way forward and realize you’ve been walking it all along. You will move forward boldly again, with your head held high, unbowed, unbroken, unrepentant. And in that moment, you will see how far you’ve come — not just in miles or milestones, but in the way your soul has stretched and expanded, making room for possibility.

One day, the dream you’re fighting for will become the life you’re living. The hard work, the patience, the quiet hope — it will all be worth it. One day, you will stand in a place you once only imagined, and you’ll wonder why you ever doubted yourself. The things that seemed impossible will have become the foundation beneath your feet. The burdens that once felt unbearable will be no more than faded memories, chapters in a story where you were always meant to triumph.

One day, you’ll see that you were never truly alone. Surrounded by millions, united in love, a force — that — in all its forms, was carrying you through even when you couldn’t feel it. That every setback, every heartbreak, every detour was shaping you into someone unshakable. You were growing even in the darkness, strengthening in the struggle, preparing for the day when you would step fully into your power.

One day, this will be over. And when that day comes, you will not just have survived — you will have risen. You will have found something deeper, something truer. And you will know, beyond any doubt, that you are capable of anything.

That day may feel far away — further than you want — but it is not beyond your reach. It will take longer to materialize than you hope for, but less time than you fear.

With each second, it is already moving toward you, just as you are moving toward it. And when it arrives, you will not only step into the light — you will shine with it.

God, let it come swiftly.

Scott “Q” Marcus is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. Get his latest rants and thoughts by following him (or just reading) on Substack at scottqmarcus.substack.com/.