July 31, 2012
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Happiness
I am beyond happy right now. It isnt a temporary form of a happiness but its a mentality one that can last for years if I can keep the perspective.
Life is hard. I have come to realize how hard it really is. My friends are going through break ups. People are dying. Money and time issues are always prevalent.
Suffering is inevitable. But I have learned to suffer for a purpose. Do not self-inflict suffering. There are so many things that go wrong and very few things we can control. My friend is going through a break up and it hurts. She is sad a lot of times, but there is not much she can do. There is a time and place for suffering, but inflicting hurt on one self longer than necessary does no good to anyone.
I am learning to just remind myself to be grateful of the things I do have. I remind myself three things I am grateful for every night before I go to sleep.
Last weekend, I went skydiving with Becky and a couple of friends. We were scared a bit and the concern is that we would die somehow. Some Final Destination type event you know. But we made it and had a blast. On the way back from the landing site to the skydiving office, we saw the most horrendous accident ever. A car was split in half around a tree and surely the person in the car had passed away. I am sure the driver could not imagine that he would pass away the moment he got in his car today. But life is that way sometimes. We never know what breath will be our last.
I am not trying to be morbid as much as I am trying to put life into perspective. There are times when you go through things like a heartbreak or a situation at work that we think will be the end of us, but it really is not God is a good God and will only have us bear what we can. The moment we are on the brink he will come and rescue us, but what we are left with is a great lesson or some new strengths or skill. We were able to handle being the new students, high school sweethearts/breakups , and SATs. The feelings don't change. The stakes just get higher. And we are more than prepared for this moment.
Scared out of my mind, but loving it. We survived. You see the smile on Becky's face right there. I love that smile. I think that's the smile I fell in love with.
Comments (19)
hahahaha awwwwwww haha i absolutely love those pics of u guys skydiving! I can't wait to try it sometime
lol
that's a really cute smile she has~*
I'm glad you understand the happiness as I see it~* let's charge through life and make the most out of the limited breaths we have!
Love this. It made me smile! :)
love the last part
you said... my... smile.. was... =*(**
Those are great pictures
awwwww priceless smiles! i will have to try skydiving one day once my fear goes away haha
Skydiving looks fun ^^! Very true that there are a lot of things we have no control over. And adding undue stress to ourselves is counter-productive. We've all been through a great deal, and when we find ourselves still standing, we realize that we can get through our hardships and come out even stronger. Maybe even a little wiser =).
Fuckin awesome! *sorry for the word* haha I've always wanted to try but I'm just too scared of heights. I know this contradicts with the message of your blog but hopefully one day I can gather up my guts and jump off a plane...lol I mean skydive.
Thank you for the read, I completely agree. The right perspective gets you through the highs and the lows and you sir, have definitely got the right one.
LOL
awww you two are so cute together.
That's adorable. You guys should have done it in underwear.
what great pix! looks like fun!
I'm glad you came upon this revelation. This was a pretty uplifting post, thanks for sharing.
Aw, so sweet. And yes, definitely never underestimate the power both smiles [even forced] & grateful spirits have, in spite of circumstances! Fly away, my friend.
Great post! And I found this entry at such a good time. Thanks for sharing this with us
Takes guts to walk out of a perfectly good plane. =) Good lifetime memories made.
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