God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change...
People often say that you should live life without regrets; I think people who don't have regrets have a unique view on life. No regrets. Perhaps the only way to live without regret is to accept the things that can't be changed and to live your life with intention. Every decision that we make has consequences and they can be positive or they can be negative. If we make those decisions with the best intentions, then how likely are we to make the wrong decisions, ones that we might regret?
I’m trying to be thankful for everything good that happens, and for everything bad that does not; slowly I am learning to be thankful for what I learn from the bad things that do happen.
For everyone, there are moments in life that we never forget, those defining moments in our lives that have profound impact on us. These moments can be joyful or sad, they can be triumphs and they can be struggles. Each person has their own moments and each person is impacted differently by these events. Some people experience mostly joyful moments, some will experience more difficult moments. I have had a wonderful life full of amazing people and amazing experiences. My life has had great moments, but it has also had its difficult moments.
Over the last 2 ½ years I have learned a lot about life and about myself. Life is this precious thing that I think most of us take for granted. All little kids want to do is ‘grow up’ and once we are adults we are still wishing for time to pass. We’re constantly wishing time away; wishing for the weekend, wishing for the day to be done, wishing for the next stage in our lives to start. But if we took the time to slow down and enjoy the here and now would we be happier?
When I was at the hospital 2 years ago, I met the most delightful woman. She was in her 50s and was a person you could just tell who loved life. She had this personality that just exuded joy, and it was a mood booster just to be around her. I learned that she was having her 94th chemotherapy treatment and this was her 2nd incidence of cancer. She was lucky to be alive: her colon had exploded which is how they discovered the cancer the first time. During her treatment she was smiling, laughing and joking around with the nursing staff. She told me that while this was a terrible disease and the treatments were poisoning her body, she wasn’t going to “waste [her] time complaining or feeling sorry for [herself].” She was lucky to be here, and she was going to make the most of it. “Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it.” Now, that was a woman who has a positive outlook on life. I was inspired.
I’m trying to be thankful for everything good that happens, and for everything bad that does not; slowly I am learning to be thankful for what I learn from the bad things that do happen.
For everyone, there are moments in life that we never forget, those defining moments in our lives that have profound impact on us. These moments can be joyful or sad, they can be triumphs and they can be struggles. Each person has their own moments and each person is impacted differently by these events. Some people experience mostly joyful moments, some will experience more difficult moments. I have had a wonderful life full of amazing people and amazing experiences. My life has had great moments, but it has also had its difficult moments.
Over the last 2 ½ years I have learned a lot about life and about myself. Life is this precious thing that I think most of us take for granted. All little kids want to do is ‘grow up’ and once we are adults we are still wishing for time to pass. We’re constantly wishing time away; wishing for the weekend, wishing for the day to be done, wishing for the next stage in our lives to start. But if we took the time to slow down and enjoy the here and now would we be happier?
When I was at the hospital 2 years ago, I met the most delightful woman. She was in her 50s and was a person you could just tell who loved life. She had this personality that just exuded joy, and it was a mood booster just to be around her. I learned that she was having her 94th chemotherapy treatment and this was her 2nd incidence of cancer. She was lucky to be alive: her colon had exploded which is how they discovered the cancer the first time. During her treatment she was smiling, laughing and joking around with the nursing staff. She told me that while this was a terrible disease and the treatments were poisoning her body, she wasn’t going to “waste [her] time complaining or feeling sorry for [herself].” She was lucky to be here, and she was going to make the most of it. “Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it.” Now, that was a woman who has a positive outlook on life. I was inspired.
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