I wrote this late last night. It's my therapy, thanks for reading!
It happens when you least expect it; life that is. The good,
the bad, the ugly and the beautiful all appear intermittently throughout your
lifetime. I’ve had the privilege of
experiencing every end of the spectrum.
Yes, even the bad and the ugly serve their purpose and are meant to
teach us valuable lessons that perhaps cannot be taught any other way. After losing a parent and losing (in another
sense) a partner I was once destined to marry, I can say with confidence and with
firsthand experience that life can be unbearably hard. Just when you think you have it all figured
out, everything you’ve ever known can be altered in a heartbeat,
literally.
I lost my dad on January 9th 2009. I was 22 and could never have prepared myself
for such a painful heartache and tremendous lost. For those of you who have had the privilege
of knowing my father, you know exactly what I mean. There’s not a day that goes by I don’t think
about my dad and I sure hope I’m making him smile in the clouds.
This past September I was faced with another sort of lost.
After being together for well over a decade, my “high school sweetheart” and I
closed, not a chapter, but rather a lengthy novel that has been wrote in great
detail. Just like any thrilling novel,
our story contained an abundant amount of: love, dedication, trials,
tribulations, despair and joy alike. There’s little I regret in terms of my
time spent with him. Despite multiple attempts to make it work, I think
we were both faced with the harsh reality that life doesn’t necessarily always
pan out the way you had envisioned it to, but the beautiful thing is learning
that it’s okay. We’ve both
since been learning more about ourselves than we could have ever imagined and
it’s now time to move forward and start our own journeys.
“When life gives you lemons, make
lemonade.”
There are two avenues one can take when faced with
hardships. There’s the path of least
resistance and then there’s the path of change and perseverance. After wandering down both paths I’ve come to
the realization that there’s really only one thing certain in life and that’s uncertainty. You never truly know what’s in store for you
on this short journey called life, however I’m continuing to learn that
resistance is a disservice to time and most often things really do happen for a
reason, whether you believe in that cornball statement or not, it’s my personal
Truth. Metaphorically speaking, the
universe and higher powers at be ultimately hold the wheel, however it’s our
responsibility to control the pedals.
Live life to its fullest, learn from past mistakes, believe in change,
embrace the unknown and have faith that everything will be okay.
For those friends and family, old and new, you know who you
are, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your relentless support and love
you’ve shared with me during my darkest moments.
Call me corny and sappy, (I know it’s true), but please also
don’t forget to call me humble, honest, kind and grateful for life and all of
its wonderful experiences and possibilities.
Cheers!
Love, Lisa
