One of the most difficult things to accept about life is the fact tat suffering is a part of it. People die, get sick, hurt each other and hurt themselves. One of the most important lessons is to accept the bad with the good, the light with the dark and the pain with the joy. I have learned that without pain I woudnt know joy, that is because of things like illness and death it is that much more important to love and live life to the fullest. Great lessons are learned from terrible tragedies, tremendous growth takes place when we are pushed to our very limits, and although I dont necessarily like the 'tough stuff' I am learning to live with it...

 

I can walk on water,

and when i want to i can fly,

I can sit on sunshine,

and wathc the world go by.

I am the moutains and the sea,

I give life with every breath.

I hold the world on fingertips,

I soar above the rest.

I am who I want to be,

I hold my dreams within a grasp.

I am part of everything,

The future and the past.

My body is made by earth,

My sould made from the sky,

My life is part of natures gift,

I taste the ocean when i cry.

I will live forever,

as the wind or as the grass.

My body may give up,

But my soul will surely last.

I am eternity,

I never fade,

I am the stuff,

From which you are made...

I can walk on water,

and if I want to I can fly.

I can do whatever,

All I have to do is try!!!

To annie:

Everything in life has its 2 sides :day and night, young and old, good and bad, and happy and sad. If we did not know sadness, we could not know happiness. Most people, including myself, try to avoid feeling down or depressed. Too often, if we are feeling sad or depressed, we think we have to do watever it takes to snap out of it. What I have learned, however, is that resisting negative feelings only makes me stronger. Trying to avoid pain only make it worse. The best thing to do when we get sad it to accept it. Use it as a time to be by yourself and listen to music or reflect and write ur journal (if u have one). There are good things about feeling sad and vulnerable. It can be a time filled with insight and answeres to questions like:

 

~ What is important to me?

~ What does it mean to love yourself?

~ What do I need?

 

You will find that the answers to these questions are very clear to you when you are hurting. It is in these moments that you can learn what it is to love yourself and be your own best friend.

 

I also learned the hard way that i cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesnt gurantee that others will be good people, too. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can choose to accept them or to walk away.

 

Last but not least,you must always remember to put your needs first!! Putting your needs first means being true to yourself and surrounding yourself with people who will also be true to you. Putting your needs first means accepting only appropriate behaviour from others and allowing only respectful and caring people into your life. Putting your needs first means understanding that you deserve to be happy, no matter who you are, what you look like, how smart you are, how much money you have or what kind of clothes you wear. And you can only be happy when you pay attention to your deepest feelings and you make a decision to honor your needs.