This is more than just a saying for a wedding or new beginning. For me this represents the story of our lives. The old hurts of the past, new friendships or loves, borrowed time here on earth and being blue or troubled of times we all experience. Such is life. It is our choice how we choose to deal with all of this. Whether good or bad all actions have a consequence.
Mistakes are what make us who we are today. I like to refer to those as character builders. It only becomes a problem when we don't learn from those very mistakes that cause us anguish. For me in the past it was always safer to not let people in for fear of getting hurt. By both friend or lover. When the reality of this thinking is, I was only hurting myself by not allowing for life lessons to help shape me and build my character of the woman I am meant to be. The woman I am growing in to. Strong, confident and emotionally available. There comes a time in our lives when we have to let go of the old hurts, pain and fear caused to us by another and allow for the new to enter. If your always looking to the future with fear from the past, you'll miss all the good stuff going on in the right here and now. Find balance. Move forward. Live life to the fullest. "Live, Love, Laugh"
"People are like pigeons. They do what they do and you cant prevent it." I once read that and originally thought what are they talking about? Then it dawned on me. If you sat on a park bench and a pigeon shits on you, what are you going to do about it? Nothing!! There was nothing you could of done to prevent that from happening. Often times people do what they do and there is nothing you can do to prevent that very thing from happening to you either. A healthy relationship encourages the seeking of a wider mental and spiritual understanding; it is never threatened. Not be envious of one another, rather offer encouragement, love and support. The word relationship means any person or persons connecting, not necessarily as lovers. To be spiritual means the quality or state of being. Our spiritual life is on the same plane as everyday relationships. It's not just something within our mind or feelings. It's growth depends on the way we relate to each other as intimate partners. Intimate not being of sex but sharing open and honest communication with another. Love and spirituality must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. All we can do is our part by learning each day to love the best we can. It can be frightening to trust another person enough to take risks and let go of the outcome. But love is a risk that's worth it. Without risks there is no hope and without hope there is no journey. Having hope makes every day easier and more gentle.
We are all on borrowed time. There are no dress rehearsals in life. Someone once said to live life as if we had a camera strapped to us and taping everything we did only to send it immediately out into the world. Is this something you would be proud of and how you were living? I know I would want a do over every now and again. "There is no short cut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned." Harrison E. Salisbury
Without the ups and downs of life we cannot learn how to appreciate the good and bad. I whole heartedly believe when we die God will ask us 1 question. "Did you enjoy everything I gave you both good and bad?" We had better be able to answer yes to both parts of that because without one we cannot know the other. Life is a journey not a destination. We continue to grow, but the lessons we learn are not the things we expected. We grieve the lateness of our learning, and then we go on to learn more. We essentially learn how to learn. We become more accepting of life and learn how to engage and accept that there is no right or wrong answer at the end of our search.
Find strength in your moments of weakness. It is when we are challenged in life that we find our true character and may even surprise ourselves with the strength we are able to muster up. Never Give up Never surrender!!
As always please keep the men and woman of all military branches in your prayers for a safe return home as they are out there protecting our HEALTHY FREEDOMS here at home. God Bless.
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