If I can pick on lesson that I learned from this past week to live by for the rest of my existence on planet earth it would be to stop and smell the flowers ... even the ugly ones, take nothing for granted, and cherish and love each and every living moment you have.
I will be the first to tell you that your share of bad days will creep up on you. They may even bombard you and tackle you like a quarterback that shows no mercy. But that's no reason to surrender. The grass is always greener....
Coming from the person who just had the worst week of her life I am actually totally at peace. Even so, knowing that the worst is yet to come, I'm still not giving myself the permission to hate on life and go out on a rampage of destruction. I'll admit, I had a bit of a freak out midweek, but there comes a time when you realize that hating on every single negative thing that finds it's way to you, only makes YOU more miserable, nobody else. My motto is, "Don't worry about it, pray about it." Worrying get you absolutely nowhere, believe me. And praying get your into heaven. What a bargain.
Today I finally got to see my grandmother in the hospital, FINALLY! It was SO good to see her, even under the circumstances. She was admitted to the hospital for a rather extremely rapid heartbeat. And at 86 years old, that's nothing to mess with. Now, she was amazingly healthy her whole life, she is a colon cancer survivor, and she is so super positive and energetic, you'd swear she was 60 years old. It never ceases to amaze me. Three days later, while in the hospital, she has a stroke, paralyzing the right side of her body, blinding her in her right eye, it took her ability to speak and swallow away from her. What else it took away from her, we have yet to find out. Knowing the woman she is and how incredibly strong willed she is, I know that she will pull through this, regardless what happens. She's not done yet. She has so much more world to conquer. I realized today how much I look up to her, how I can only hope to walk in her shoes one day. She's lived an amazing life, and will tell you twenty times if you ever get to meet her. Without a doubt, she is my super hero. I've never met someone quite like her in my existence, and that says a lot about her. She really is the strongest woman in the world.
So whatever it is that's on your mind, lay it to rest. Whatever is making you so incredibly P.O.ed that you want to bash someone's head into a brick wall, let it go. Whatever is holding you back or making you upset, think of the positive outcome and watch it happen. Life is way too short to have days that begin and end negatively. Life wasn't mean to be wasted on petty things that are just "of this world." There are SO many greater things that you will accomplish, that you will see, that you will experience.
DO us all a favor, love yourself, and love each and every day that God has given you. Because you only get one time around, you only get one shot at this life. Live it the way God meant you to live it.
