Things I was sent today
" 'Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.' --Will Rogers"Ok, this struck me because, well, I've been sitting around on my butt for a while just sort of waiting for something good, no, great to happen. You know, to fall into my lap. It hasn't yet. I guess the days of things just happening are over and I need to actively do something about it - if they ever actually did - because if you think of it, the things that have fallen into my lap have been just those things that have gotten me to where I now am - and that's exactly what I want to change. But of course, they're also why I went to MD which was a good thing. Hmm, interesting. Definitely something to think about.
n.b. I'm very good at arguing with myself and can talk myself into or out of just about any decision, which can make life challenging to say the least. It also happens so quickly and naturally that at times I have a difficult time knowing what my initial instinct was, which can be annoying to say the least.
"Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, cherish the relationships you have with those who do love you."
Something I have been working very hard to live by and remember lately. I am also working on accepting the whole people come into my life for a 'reason, season, or lifetime' thing. It frustrates me that I don't get to choose which it is. In some cases a lot.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW! What a Ride"
Again, something that I am actively working on and have been for a number of years now. I still hold back a lot, but I'm certainly doing and have done more then if I wasn't trying. It's kinda like I'm daring myself. It's how I wound up jumping out of an airplane (one of the most amazingly thrilling and inexplicably satisfying experiences I've ever had and I wouldn't trade it for the world).
"May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches."
I like to think I am sweet; I certainly hope I've been through enough to be considered strong; and I really hope there's been enough sorrow that I am human. I'm not sure about the amount of hope right now. I've only recently become aware that it was missing. Maybe the awareness is a sign that, however small now, it is coming back...
I've never been accused of having a good memory. I guess, given enough time, I'll forget everything if someone isn't there that insists on reminding me.
"Express thanks to those people who mean something to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life"
Basically, remember that the world does not revolve around you and as much as your life gets you down and makes demands of you so does the life of the others around you. In some way they are making a sacrifice to be with you, to lift you up, to make you feel better. Remember to recognize it and tell them how much you appreciate and love them. That you are grateful to have them in your life.
posted by Ali @ 2:56 PM
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