Hello, it’s me again,
Adaptability. Thinking on your feet. Embracing change. LIFE!
Some people take one look outside the window after having a shower, see bright, clear, blue skies and wear what will keep their bodies cool for expected hot weather…other people pack a jacket. It doesn’t matter how bright the sunshine may be today…clouds form real fast, and sometimes bring with them some mind numbing cold weather. Of course, the opposite is often true as well…the thing is, one never can tell.
You have your packed lunch and car keys in your hand. Your ride is fuelled and ready to launch into the direction you have mapped out for yourself…you’re pretty damn sure you have all your bases covered. But do you? What if your car breaks down 200km from home…and you left your wallet sitting on the kitchen counter? You never know…
You have a long term plan. You have it all mapped out. Crossed your t’s and dotted your i’s…but you get caught by a sideswipe you had no idea was coming.
After you wipe the tears away and square your shoulders, you find your bearings, reset the timer on the clock and step forward again. Only ever look back long enough to understand the lesson. Because that’s why you are here. Not for a rosy, all expenses paid trip to wonderland where all your dreams are meant to come true, but for the lessons! The world needs more people prepared to ride out the crazy wave, to climb the mountains, to take another chance, because these are the strong ones. The scarred ones. The beautiful ones. The ones who do not pity themselves, but get back out there and show the world that there is strength inside your blood and wisdom inside your heart.
Yes…there will be moments of melancholy…Yes, there will be sadnesses and tears…but is joy not made all the more intense when your life is not only happiness? Is strength gained from hurts not all the sweeter when you can run your fingers over the scars and feel pride instead of pain? Is your smile when things go right not broader because your expectation that they will is less?
Climb the mountain. The view up there will take your breath away.
Anyway…helloitsmeeagain…
helloitsmeeagain 