Killing two birds with one stone here.
Gonna start with 21/30 - If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first? - Truthfully, i have no idea what super power i'd want. There are so many that are really good ones. Flying, super strength, heat vision, etc. But i guess if i had to pick one, I'd pick Healing. There are so many people in this world who suffer for pointless reasons. Cancer, HIV, and other life-ending diseases, especially in children, break my heart. Now, of course, you can't heal everyone all the time. Old age is something that can't be healed. But people plagued by disease. Having super power is a weighty thing. Who do you help? Who do you let go? It's not something i'd want to have to decide between.
And then there is So What Wednesday. I was inspired to start this after reading Life After I "dew" at http://www.lifeafteridew.com/. She does this every wednesday, and it's pretty kool. So here goes.
So What:
If I have a huge list of things to get done, but i haven't even started on them.
If I cry over the smallest things because sometimes they hurt worse than the big ones.
If I can come up with every reason in the book when I either want to do something that maybe I shouldn't, or if i just really don't want to do something at all.
If I don't pick up the phone every time i want to talk to someone because sometimes it'd be nice to have them call me first
If I write the same message over and over until i can find the right words.
If I don't send a message because I don't want to bother someone
If I read the same book over and over and over, and leave others unread to collect dust
If I can't make up my mind when you ask me what i'd like to do today.
If I don't clean the girls bedroom all the time, even when it's a mess, because really? What's the point?
If my house is a bit of a mess because I am spending time with my family instead of cleaning.
If I don't say much some days, because sometimes what i'd have to say wouldn't be worth the breath.
If I take what you say personally.
If I can watch the same movie over and over, and still cry at the sad parts, and laugh at the funny.
If I don't cheer on the local ball teams. Yeah, I keep up with the score in important games, but i could care less about watching.
If I spend money on stupid frivolous things, like the movies, or a chocolate bar. I still pay the bills too.
Life is full of moments. Some good. Some bad. Some amazing. It's not those moments that define us. It's how we handle those moments. I used to be one of those girls who hid in her bedroom, or behind a bottle, or worse, when things started to go crazy. I used to believe that maybe things were happening because of something I'd done, or said, or didn't do or say. I lived in a haze, too afraid to come out from behind the brick wall I'd built for fear of the world crashing down if i did.
What i discoverd, when i finally DID come out (thanks to my amazing friends! You know who you are) is that the world was still spinning on. It didn't matter if i stayed pent up or not. Life was moving on, and i was being left behind. I found someone to love, had amazing kids, dealt with some crazy hard things and made it out the other side with my head up and my eyes open. I realized that the moments that we are thrown, no matter how bad, or good, or boring, are there because we are meant to experience them. Not hide from them, but live them. THey are there to build us up and make us better. To teach us. And to help us teach the future generations. To keep them from making the same mistakes we make.
I have the greatest friends and family in the world. They build me up when i feel like i'm falling down. They believe in me when I barely believe in myself. You are all my foundation, and you're a very strong one at that. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. :)
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