Some things about life I have learnt along the way so far.
Friends
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Angels that lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
I am fortunate to have a great circle of amazing friends, with all different reasons and stories for how they got to be my friend in the first place. I treasure them all and without even one of them I would feel lost. Friends are the family we choose, and I have learnt after losing friends and drifting apart that the most important thing is to let your friends know that you value and appreciate all they do, smother them with it if you have to, its important to make them feel as important as they make you, never leave tension or arguements, fix messy situations while you can, and make time for your friends. :)
Relationships & Love
Like all of you reading, I have been hurt, I have loved, I have been alone etc etc.
The most important thing I have learnt about a relationship is that it should never change you, never let it change you, and never change the person you are with. Stay true to eachother, trust eachother and be honest. These are just vitals which are the most important things. Currently I am single, and I do think I am ready for another relationship and finding someone new, I just know that I have learnt the mistakes and instead of thinking what I want in someone, I have discovered what I don't want in someone. I don't want to mess about, with game playing or chasing, if something is real it will happen because it's meant to happen.
My Nan told me that you will know that you have found the one, when that person is also your best friend.
Career
Work for a cause, not for applause.
When I graduated from University I was lucky to find a job working in the Media, exactly what I had worked three years for doing my Media Degree. The job I fought for, and strived for, and I successfully worked in the Media for a year and a half. Producing the content and more that you see above. Designing books, art-work, designs and graphics and it was great when I saw this all come to life.
But life intervened. I realized that this job wasn't me and that I was drawn to this through my love and hobby or art and creative things. I wanted to make a difference, not make a high pay cheque. I currently am working over 45 hours a week, for minimum wage, in a job where I am not entirely happy, because I know that the babies I look after need it, and because I am currently working towards my dream job of being a paramedic, and even if i do become a paramedic, it wont pay as-well as a job in The Media, but it will reap its rewards and pay me in so many other ways. Work for your dream, work for the rewards and know that the job you do is going to make you happy everyday.
Health
Since I was about fourteen I have battled everyday with the way I look, this sadly developed into an eating disorder one of which I will battle with everyday for the rest of my life, ofcourse it's under control at the moment and has been for a while, and it does make me sad when I look back and how I abused my body and even in the pictures above when I was slim, I still thought I was ugly and huge. However one thing I have learnt is in life we will have our difficulties and struggles, but the fact that we atleast try to be strong and battle them is so much in itself. Things like this are so misunderstood, mental health, and eating disorders are judged and alot of people have no idea or even understand unless they have suffered themselves.
Family
Blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family.
Through life, Family has taught me everything. Family is where you first learn love, where you learn your faults, and your traits and you learn to accept and be accepted. Without family I would not be me, it's not always easy, and it is sometimes hard, but in the end, Family is a part of you as a person, and without it, you would not be you. Appreciate your family, they may not always be there, they may not be around for long. You need to hold them close, and realize what a family means and how lucky you are, as some don't have the same fortunes as you do.
Travel
Wanderlust: An irresistable desire to travel to understand ones very existence
Travelling has made me who I am today, made me appreciate the things I have and be gracious and accepting for the things that I do not yet have. It made me aware, and it made me open to experiences and it brought me friends and adventures that I would never of had. I urge you all to travel, to visit someplace new, to get out your comfort zone and to live, life's too short, and the world is a very big place.
Small Acts
- Small acts of kindness that seem small can make the world a better place, or they can atleast make the world for someone who woke up that morning feeling like that they had no world. Smile more often, be kind more than you can, there is always an opportunity to be good and to be kind. Learn to give in life even if you get nothing back, and even if the other person doesn't appreciate it, because giving effortlessly is one of the greatest traits you can have.
Behind every beautiful life, there is always an element of some kind of pain, nobody escapes hurt or hardships, so yes, you may have had a hard time, and a hard life, but everyone has in their own way, so learn to accept and appreciate. Appreciate the good in others and the good in your own life too, stop being so down and moody about your life, you live, you learn. You will make mistakes, you will fail, but start learning to stand strong, because when there is nothing else, you will always be left standing alone. Heartache is gonna happen but its a small price for the joys of life you will get.
Heartbreak
Time, experience and strength heals all.
What Lessons have you learnt along the way so far?
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