Our View on Life

I was thinking tonight about my view on life. It is so easy to get lost in the past, to think of days gone by. It is easy wishing that those days were here today, but then I realize if I hadn't gone through the pains, through the loss, through the negative, that I wouldn't be here today.

We go through things in life to make us who we are. Some people come out of the hardships and see that the past was there to make them who they are today. Others can't seem to let go of the past to move to today. Some people are just lost and can't find their way. I was lost in my own torment, I am by no means perfect, I struggle each day to know the meaning of life, but then I come to my senses and realize that life isn't about what was, but about what is and it is about what we make it.

Yes, I want more in life, but I realize that everything happens for a reason. Every path we cross, there is a connections and in the connections that we make whether deep or on the surface there is a meaning for them. We may not know what it is, but each day will reveal a knew piece of the puzzle, each day that we press forward we will see more. It isn't about giving up, for you know your heart, you know what you believe and you know that life even though a struggle it is worth so much more.

Today is a new day, today is your choice to make it something or to hide. I have seen more people hiding then living. We hide behind happy masks, behind masks of knowing, we hide to avoid people, we hide behind busy schedules and even in the hiding we find that the one person we can not hide from is ourselves. Isn't it time we take the steps to move forward, not for others, not for our kids, but for ourselves, because before we can help others we have to be defined, we have to care about who we are, we have to love ourselves and in loving ourselves we learn to love and to feel love, we learn so much more. It is in surrendering to our very pain that will allow us to except it and let it go.

Today is the first step and in order to take it you need to want a change. It is your choice and even in the choices, it may not be easy, but is life easy now? Do you want more? It is a daily commitment and a daily choice. Are you willing to make that choice? Today it starts with you. Change starts with you.