Part two...

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Does the beauty in life vanish when our worlds and hearts are shattered?
Many people would agree so.
So many of us lose the motivation to seek out the beauty in life when we’ve lost.
So many of us lose the courage to get up in the morning and go on with our lives.
No courage to put ourselves in situations to be able to see what else there is in the world.
We fail to force ourselves to move on and see a sunset or a sunrise.
We fail to open the windows and hear the songs of the morning birds.
Why though?
Why do we stop seeing the beauty in life?
Is it because it reminds of us of what we’ve had and lost?
What we had, we have.
What we were, we are.
Everything in our past is what made each of us who are we today.
Why don’t we listen to the songs and get lost in the stars and not think about a hurtful past?
But instead, why don’t we think about how everything will look in the future?
Day dream about what could happen under the stars or what amazing sunsets you could share with somebody.
Instead of forever remembering the hurt in loss that every day beauties remind us of, we need to look back and thank those who hurt us for making us the people we are today.
In reality, nothing is more important than today.
We aren’t promised anything, not even the rest of today.
That’s why I hate making plans so long in the future.
I hate when people take things for granted and live everyday as though tomorrow will be the same.
It’s just as easy that there will not be a tomorrow than if there is a tomorrow for you.
If something makes you happy, don’t throw it away with the thought that it may one day not.
Work towards dreams and goals, but don’t make it everything in life, because it’s not.
If all we do is work towards our future then we pass up so many little things that we will one day regret not taking time to learn about.
Accidents happen.
We lose people.
Lose loved ones.
Lose them to cancer and accidents.
Heart attacks and diseases.
The list is endless.
Why do we take for granted what is in our life every day?
The sad thing is, we all do it.
Every one of us.
And really nothing is going to change that unless a tragic event happens to any particular person.
I know I’m guilty of this.
I’m lucky though that nothing really tragic has happened to me.
Or am I?
Maybe it would be better for me if something were to happen to me.
I rather it happen to me so I can put my life into perspective than losing a loved one.
Maybe because something horrific hasn’t happened to me I am unfortunate.
Ask anyone who has had something catastrophic happen to them, that it changed their life forever.
At first, probably for the worst.
But then it more than likely helped them realize what was really important in life.
And to know what is important in life is to have a gift.
We go through our entire life trying to figure out what is most important to us.
And it’s rarely before an old age, before death, that we begin to figure out what mattered most in life.
And by then its almost certainly too late to pass it down to younger loved ones.
Even if we get a chance to, the ones that haven’t figured it out yet will never lose the ignorance that is learning about life.
Throughout our entire lives, elders give us advice about what to do and where to go in life and what to hang on to.
But until we are in their shoes and at that rightful age, we never truly understand what our elders were trying to tell us.
So though we try to pass on advice or stories, the truth is, the younger generations will not grasp the helpfulness in them.
Ever.
Which is actually another phone part of life.
Though it can be frustrating for younger loved ones to not listen, it’s a phase of life we all have to go through.