Life happens

Sometimes people come into your life
and you know right away that they were meant to be there

They serve some sort of
purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are
or who you want to become

You never know who these people may be...
you room mate, your neightbour,
professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger
who, when you lock eyes with them,
you know that very moment that they will affect you
life in some profound way
And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they seem
horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection
you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never have realized your potential, strength, will power of heart.

Everything happens for a reason.
Nothing happens by
chance or by means of good or bad luck,
illness, injury, love, lost moments
or true greatness and sheer
stupidity all occur to test the
limits of the soul.

Without these small tests,
if they be events, illnesses or relationships,
life would be like a smooth paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.
Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who
affect your life and successes
and downfalls you experience,
they are the ones who create who you are.
Even the bad experience can be learned from
Those lessons are the hardest and
probably the most important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you,
or breaks your heart...
forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust....
and the importance of being cautious to whom you open
your heart.

If someoe loves you, love them back unconditionally,
not only because they love you,
but because they are teaching
you to love and opening your heart and eyes...
to things you would have never seen or felt without them

Make every day count.
Appreciate every moment
and take from it everything that you possibly can,
for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people you have never talked to before, and
actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free
and set your sights high
You can make of your life anything you wish
Create your own life and then go out and live it.

Good luck and have a joyful life. :)