Series of Accidents

I love getting odd text messages, and the person who sends the best ones is my sister.  I will get random movie quotes, and then we have a “battle” to see who know the most lines from the movie.  Reciving lyrics from random 80’s songs are also a regular occurrence.  Last night I got a text that really made me think and I think you all will be able to relate to it: I feel like my life is a series of accidents that somehow added up to something nice.

When I received this I was kind of taken aback by it.  It was very wise words to get from my sister, and I just sat there and began to think about all the little things that make up your life.  I know that I have bad days and at the time they seem to last forever and that your life will never be the same… but I can maybe only name three days that were actually bad days; and they involve the death of a loved one.

I had never thought about my life a series of events, I mean I know I probably had thought about it that way, but it wasn’t until last night that I was hit over the head with it.  One event doesn’t determine the rest of your life.  Now sure, one even can change your life, but it doesn’t determine how everything is going to be forever.  Moving to a new city is going to change my life – but really moving is just a change in atmosphere.  My personality won’t change because I moved, I won’t become smarter in  a new city, I will make new friends but will still have all my friends that I have now.

When we are living in the moment we only see good vs. bad, and we can’t typically see past that moment.  Next time you are having bad day stop and think about how you will feel about this even in one day, one week, one month, and one year.  My guess is that your feelings will change over time and what may seem like the end of the world today, will become the best thing that has happened to you in a year.

Living in the moment is a wonderful way to live, and I truly try to enjoy everything that is happening to me at that time, and not worry about what may be.  Living in the moment can also cause you to put blinders up to everything else that is happening around you.  I hope that one day I am able to live in the moment, but not let it consume myself so I miss out on the amazing things that are happening around me.  You have the power to react to what is going on around you, and I challenge you to take it in, live in the moment, but don’t let the moment control your future.

There are so many quotes that desirable life, and I love reading them until I can find one that fits the mood I am in.  Today I am using: I feel like my life is a series of accidents that somehow added up to something nice. I am going to look at my life and see the good in what is happening and not worry on how it will affect me today, but how will it affect me in a year if I don’t make a change?  What are you holding on to that is just a single event, but you are letting it determine your future?  Think about it and what power you want this event to have.

You have it all & Confidence,

Lyndsay