Good Day

Have you ever had a day where everything seems to have gone great? Don't you get really worried when that happens? When things seem to be going well, and everything seems to be workig out, that is when we tend to become very cautious and prepare ourselves for the bad luck that's about to hit. It's wrong of us to do this. When things are going right, why can't we just enjoy it, and make the best of it? Why must we always be negative and prepare ourselves ahead of time for the bad things that we KNOW are going to happen? What if they don't happen, and we are just preparing ourselves for something that isn't going to occur in our lives? What if we pass up an opportunity of a lifetime because we are waiting for the bad things in our lives to come crashing down on us? It is a human habit to always expect the worst. If its sunny today, that means tomorrow is going to be pouring down rain. Is that right? No. But do most of us think like that? Yes. What we need to realize is that, although our lives are like rollercoasters, and things do jump from good to bad in the blink of an eye, we don't need to sit around and wait for it to happen. When things are going horribly and you feel you have no purpose in life and things are just not right, then that would be time to remember about the rollercoaster your life is, and to realize that eventually you will be back at the top with something to live for, and with a smile on your face. But if your life is going great...then why dwell on the possibility that eventually things are going to be bad again? Why sit around and wait for things to go wrong? Instead, we need to learn to enjoy the ups when we have them. To bask in those happy moments when everything is going right and we have nothing to worry about. Yea, it's not going to last forever, but if you enjoy it and make the best of it, then you won't have anything to regret when your walk in this life is through. Life is about dancing in the rain right? That means you need to enjoy the good times, and try to make the best of the bad times. In the end, nobody gets out of this life alive, what's important is how well you live it, how much you enjoy it, and how much joy you bring to yourself and to those around you.

~Nalie~

Life and it's sense of Humor

Anybody living in this life, has to be in it with a sense of humor. If you don't have one of those, you're not going to survive! Many things will be thrown at us in life, both good and bad. One day you'll wake up and and things will start off completely wrong. You'll oversleep, be late for work, spill coffee on yourself, but end up meeting an old friend while cleaning up in the bathroom and having an amazing chat with that friend over lunch that completely makes your day. Another time, you'll wake up on time with the sun shining in through your window, thinking its going to be the best day you've had in a long time, to find a voice-mail from your boyfriend saying he's breaking up with you, or one from your boss saying your fired. If we can't learn to deal with the things we are dealt with in our lives, we're going to have a hard time surviving. As has been said many times, life is a rollercoaster. One minute you're up way high up at the top...the next minute you come crashing down...HARD. All you can do is deal with the blows as they come, appreciate the good times when you're lucky enough to experience them, and never, ever, give up. At this moment, right now, today, life may seem hopeless. Maybe you've screwed up bigtime, made some big mistakes and are now suffering the consequences of those mistakes. Or maybe you haven't really done anything that you regret, but you're life is just not what you wanted it to be when you used to dream about what you would be when you grew up. Whatever the problem, whatever the thing that has disappointed you, be it a person or something you don't have that you wish you had, it's all a part of life. If you are in a relationship with a person and it's not working out, just remember that there's a reason for it. Maybe you need to go through this bad relationship so that you can someday cherish and thank God everyday or the good relationship you're going to recieve. Or maybe you've been wanting and asking God for children for many, many years, and yet you still haven't been blessed with that amazing little gift from heaven. That doesn't mean its still not going to happen in the future...but even if it doesn't, don't be too sad. There's a reason for it not happening. Maybe you are meant to make a difference in many lives, and having those children are just not in the works for you because you are going to help rescue the children that are already on this planet who have nowhere to go. Or maybe someday you will be blessed with a little bundle of joy, and because of all the trials you went through before you received it, you will never take it for granted. Maybe you are lost right now and don't know where to go and what to do in your life. I know I am. I don't know who to try to please, because everyone around has a different opinion. Pleasing everyone is impossible, and i've learned that first and foremost you need to make sure that you are pleased with what you are and what you're doing with your life. If all you work on is keeping others happy, never focusing on your own needs and desires, you will never be able to handle the things that are thrown at you in life. But if you do what you want to, what your heart desires, even if everywhere around you there are people telling you that you shouldn't do it, that it's not what people in your culture, family or religion do, then when you are faced with these trials that life likes to throw at us, you will be able to stand tall and fight it. Because you will have something worth fighting for. Something you choose to fight for becasue you chose to do whatever you're doing with your life, you wanted that life, so you're fighting for it. Taking each day as it comes, no matter how good or bad a day it may be. So even if life isn't working out exactly the way you wanted it to work out, don't give up. Just because it's not going the way you wanted it to go, doesn't mean its not going to go right, doesn't mean that at the end of the road, when you're taking your last breath, you're going to regret your entire life and everything that happened in it. What's going on in your life now, is what you need. Whether it be a breakup, a loss in your family, or other tough things we have to deal with everyday, it's going to make you stronger, wiser, and more likely to succeed in the long-run. The more you stand back up when you get knocked down, the stronger you will get, and eventually you won't fall anymore...and everything will work out. Sometimes, you have to stop relying on others around you, because they are only going to disappoint you in the end, when you need them most. Realize that you are all you need to survive. And no matter how bad today was, tomorrow is a new day. You'll either get up and have another chance to make things good in your life, or die and not have to work on it anymore. Win-win situation! :)

~Nalie~