It's okay if I get hurt, as long as I'm doing what is best for the one I love.

         

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

Sometimes people come into your life
and you know right away that they were meant to be there,
they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson
or help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be;
your roommate, your neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover
or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them,
you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you
and at the time they seem horrible, painful and unfair,
but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles
you would never have realized your potential, strength, will power of heart.

Everything happens for a reason.
Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck.
Illness, injury, love, lost moments or true greatness and sheer stupidity
all occur to test the limits of the soul.

Without these small tests,
if they be events, illnesses or relationships,
life would be like a smooth paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.
Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life and successes and downfalls you experience,
they are the ones who create who you are.
Even the bad experience can be learned from...
Those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart...
forgive them,
for they have helped you learn about trust
and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.

If someone loves you,
love them back unconditionally,
not only because they love you,
but because they are teaching you to love
and opening your heart and eyes to things
you would have never seen or felt without them.

Make every day count.
Appreciate every moment
and take from it everything that you possibly can,
for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people you have never talked to before,
and actually listen,
let yourself fall in love,
break free and set your sights high.

You can make of your life anything you wish.
Create your own life and then go out and live it.

~~ Author Unknown ~~

 

 DO YOU SLEEP WHEN THE WIND BLOWS?

 

A handsome young man applied for a job as a farmhand.

When the old farmer asked for his qualifications,

he replied with an air of confidence "I can sleep when the wind blows."

 The statement puzzled the farmer.

But he liked the pleasant looking young man nevertheless and hired him.

A few days later, the old farmer and his wife were rudely awakened in the night by a violent storm.

They quickly began to check things out to see if all was secure.

They found that the shutters of the farmhouse had been securely fastened.

A good supply of logs had been set next to the fireplace.

The farm tools had been placed neatly in the storage shed,

 safe from the elements. The tractor had been moved into the garage.

The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm.

 The young man slept soundly. All was well.

The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man's words,

"I can sleep when the wind blows."

Because the farmhand did his work loyally and faithfully when the skies were clear,

he was prepared for the storm when it broke loose.

So when the wind blew, he was fearless. He slept in peace.

 

How does this apply to our lives?

 

In Time, it isn't the things you do, but the things you leave undone, which give you a heartache at the setting of the sun.

 

~~ Author Unknown ~~

 

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