Everything that has ever happened in my life has led to this. All of the memories, the lessons, the love & the pain have prepared me to be the mother of this little child. Nothing else matters. I have beaten so many odds & struggled to keep myself from becoming a statistic. I've achieved EVERYTHING I've ever set out to do. I've loved & lost, laughed & cried. I've reinvented myself time & time again. People have came into my life & consumed me briefly & a select few have been everpresent & steadfast over the years. I have been wreckless...throwing caution to the wind just to see what would happen. I never wanted to wonder "what if". If I was curious about it, I did it. I am so glad that I allowed myself the experiences of my past. I am so happy that I allowed certain people into my life, even if losing them meant losing a part of myself. In return I've received so much more. Life has taught so many important lessons & I have paid attention & now apply them in everything I do. I believe whole-heartedly in Karma. I have been its victim time & time again, yet once I realized that my actions caused my fate, Karma has been a gift. Now I have the most wonderful husband & child that I never could have imagined. I am so grateful for my life. I am constantly reciting the Serenity Prayer because it is quite possibly the most profound thing I've ever heard. I share it constantly with those struggling in their lives. If you are reading this, take a minute & recite it to yourself:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things rightif I surrender to His Will;That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with HimForever in the next.Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
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