In each of us, all the Mr Men reside.
“Take a picture of your life.
Remember what it looks like.
Before it all changes.”
PostSecret
“Sometimes you have to let go of the good things to catch the great things.”
Looks Like We Made It!
That was a tough one.
Come on in and stop for a second to shake your head, dust yourself off, and look back at how far you’ve come.
Sure, it’s been a long year. Some crushing lows slapped you and smacked you around. There were times your heart dipped and you squinted back tears while your stomach squeezed so tightly you couldn’t sleep. There were moments you walked around in a glossy-eyeball daze — when loved ones hurt, friends didn’t stay, or someone dear to your heart slowly drifted away.
Sleepless nights, stressful nights, with teething babies, slurring customers, bad bosses, bickering boyfriends, or blank computer screens. You were feeling and you were dealing and you were reeling and you were healing.
But as you walked your hard path down your long and bumpy road some little drops of confidence dripped like coffee into your head and into your heart. As you stumbled and got back up a quiet inner strength slowly seeped into your bones. And as you climbed over obstacles set in your way some relaxed satisfaction and growing self-awareness glimmered like bright lights at the bottom of your stomach.
Yes, this year changed you and grew you in so many ways you don’t even feel or notice yet. As you struggled you empathized, as you slipped you understood, as you worked you earned…
… as you looked you learned
… … as you dared you grew
… … … and as you jumped you flew.
Your dreams are still focusing and your passion is growing. Your energy is still bubbling as your story keeps going.
You’ve been through so much and gained a year’s supply of experience along the way. You’re stronger than you were last year and stronger than you realize. Sure, there were times you bent, but you definitely didn’t break. There were times you caved, but you definitely didn’t flake.
Listen up: you got bigger, you got better, and you got the scars to prove it.
So stop for a second today to smile and look back at everything you’ve done this year… everything you’ve seen… everywhere you’ve been…
You’ve taken more illegal naps and had more blurry-eyed late nights.
You’ve danced to more wedding songs and smiled at more beautiful sights.
You’ve seen more scorching sunsets and heard more head-bopping songs.
You’ve tripped a few times, but baby, you kept rolling right along.
Yes, you’ve hugged more old friends and kissed some brand new pretty faces.
You’ve cheered more on the sidelines and visited some brand new pretty places.
You tasted more meals, you got more deals, and you’ve sniffed more flower blossoms.
And you made it all the way through this year because you’re so completely
AWESOME!
“Writing is the one thing I do that doesn’t make me feel as if I should be doing something else.”
Cannot wait, this looks amazing!
“Don’t make me come down there!”
God
5 Types Of Weather That Send Britain Bonkers
1. Snow
Because we don’t get it much, we panic when we do. The whole country stops as people can’t get to work, trains stop running, roads are empty and no one can do anything. It’s been going on long enough that you’d think we’d figured something out by now – I mean, snow doesn’t come often but we probably get it at least once a year.
2. Rain
I don’t mean drizzle, because we deal with that all the time. I mean biblical rain, especially if it lasts more than a day because the entire country is put on flood warning. Rain continues to baffle us, as if we forget that over half of our days contain rain to some degree.
3. High Winds
If the wind picks up to more than a breeze, it takes about eight seconds for people to be predicting fallen trees, ripped up roofs, cars on their side and a full blown hurricane. Someone will also make a Michael Fish joke as the leaves rustle a little more and a couple fall off.
4. Hot Weather
Two or more days of heat probably scares us the most. We run to the beach where we douse ourselves in sun tan lotion because otherwise we’ll get cancer. Then we moan that it’s too hot, despite spending the rest of the year wishing for a barbecue summer. If the tabloids are to be believed, everyone will be dead in six days. And it’s all because you didn’t buy a hybrid car and left your TV on standby.
5. Storms
They’re awesome but they’re loud, and something always gets struck by lightning. Everyone thinks it will be them, but it never is. Except when it actually is.
*slurp*
Maybe there is a god
If I were to believe in a god, he would not be a benevolent god, as I’ve never seen evidence of one of them. However, today could be the only day in which I say, “Yeah, maybe he’s there and maybe he’s good.”
Why?
The snow.
It seems to be a god’s way of saying sorry.
“Look guys, I’ll be honest, the decade sucked. Terrorism, global warming and messed up weather, flooding, tsunamis, Facebook, Simon Cowell, Jordan … everything I sent you was cruel and unfair. So here’s a white Christmas to make up for it.”
Unfortunately, I have the nagging feeling that I’m going to be called into work in a while, which will shatter this brief religious illusion again.
