This morning I woke up not wanting to wake up… and when I finally opened my eyes and realised I left the computer on over night ((I’m sorry environmental fairy but I just passed out watching TV on the laptop)) I forced myself up and checked on my good friend facebook. The gossip I found was not pleasant and I was in shock at the discovery that a girl so young ((she was only a few years older than I)) is now buried in our homeland ((the Philippines)).

She and I were never close but our circles were, and she was always really sweet and really kind ((I know it sounds like a cliche to say that about someone who has passed, but it’s the truth)). Her character and the suddenness of all this has really gotten to me and has driven home what I have always known – life is too short.

Ever since I came back from Dublin, I seem ((I say seem because I’m not entirely convinced it was a conscious decision)) to have taken on the perspective that life is too short to hold grudges and to worry about things. Sure, I still worry but I have never let it get me so stressed out that I lash out at anyone ((like I used to so often)). I prefer to see the bright side to everything and embrace it and you pessimists reading this, there IS a bright side to everything – you just have to want to see it.

Just because something doesn’t happen the way that you wanted or expected, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. I’m a firm believer in the addage, ‘Everything happens for a reason’. And rather than dwell on something ((though I do still allow myself to dwell, if only for a few moments)), I prefer to spend my energy figuring out that reason and embracing it. I know this is easier said than done, but it can be done… the biggest hurdle is wanting it ((this perspective)). Some people prefer to wallow; I prefer to be able to look back on my life and know that I was always happy.

No questions for you today because I really want to open it up to anything you’d like to say on this topic. Because it’s a topic on your outlook on life, it can be quite controversial. Please understand that this personal blog is never intended to impose my beliefs on other people; its sole intention is to allow me to speak my mind – agree or disagree with me as you wish. All that I ask is that you be respectful in your communication.

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