As heard on the 1XX Breakfast Show with Colin Magee.
Sometimes people come into your life
and you know right away
that they were meant to be there …
to 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,
but when you lock eyes with them,
you know that every moment that they are there
will affect your life in some profound way.
And sometimes things happen to you at the time
that may seem horrible, painful and unfair,
but in reflection you realize that without overcoming
those obstacles you would have never realized
your potential, strength, willpower or heart.
Everything happens for a reason.
Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.
Illness, injury, love, lost moments of
true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur
to test the limits of your soul.
Without these small tests, life would be like
a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.
Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet affect your life.
The successes and downfalls that you experience
can create who you are, and the bad experiences
can be learned from. In fact, they are probably
the most poignant and important ones.
If someone hurts you, betrays you
or breaks your heart, forgive them.
Because 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 open your heart and eyes to little things.
Make every day count.
Appreciate every moment and take from it
everything that you possible 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.
Hold your head up because you have every right to.
Tell yourself you are a great individual, and believe in yourself,
for if you don’t believe in yourself,
no one else will believe in you.
Create your own life and then go out and live it.