I’ve learned that no matter what happens or how bad it seems today, life goes on and it will get better tomorrow. This past year has been a test for me to believe this. If I’m completely honest with myself, I’ve had a pretty good life that has always been abundant with love. However, the nature of life and true living is that bad things will, do and should happen. Those things come to us to teach us lessons and I hope I’m getting it.
I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you will miss them when they are gone from your life. I’m blessed to have both of my parents still with me, but the loss of my grandparents had an impact on me that took some time to get over and I still miss them every day. I cry sometimes, but I laugh A LOT thinking of them and how they helped shape me.
I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. I don’t want to be one of those people that work so hard to have a “nice” life that I miss out on that life trying to surround myself with things. Give me good, honest, loving people with good, honest and loving intentions and I will give you my best.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with catcher’s mitts on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back….good or bad. The experiences of my life have been good and I have put a lot of effort into returning that love and positive energy to those around me whether I know them or not. However, I have had to experience some not so good things as well and it’s a work in progress to throw those things away.
I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance and it’s up to you to take advantage of it. Everything that God brings you to….He will bring you through but you’ve got to be willing to help Him out a little.
I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. No matter what the outcome is, I am usually made a better person. I am unncompromised by my own misleading’s in life, because the decisions that I have made because I listened to my heart is just me listening to what God speaks to me to do.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you say, they will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you’ve made them feel. I’d like to think that’s the reason that I feel so much love from so many people and that’s my motivation to keep doing it. I recognize, in the most humble way, that I have a tremendous number of people in my life that love me and enjoy being around me and I appreciate it. I take it all in because I know that I deserve to be loved just like everything around me deserves that love.
You see….everything and everyone is a reflection of God and I love God as He loves me.
This is my life. It’s my one time to be me and I want to live and experience every minute of it. I want to love life…..engage in it and give it all I’ve got. I want to love it with passion because I’ve learned that life really does give back a million time more what you put into it.
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
