EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

I find this as a fine title to live by! Don't let everything get to you. Even though I find it hard for myself to follow this and just let things happen b/c sometimes it doesn't seem like there could be a good enough reason for why things happen? I feel like for only being 22 I have experienced a lot in my life and faced many challenges that help me to grow each and everytime. Try to look back at past incidents and match them up to your place in the present to see if anything has been explained that you didn't understand the reason for at the time. I have found that I can see patterns in my life and become aware of things I need to work on and change; my weaknesses, my strengths, things I think are weaknesses that later turn up to be strengths to someone else. I can see so, so, so many things that I was frustrated with in my life and could not figure out why they were happening to me that I am now thankful for. They have got me to the place I am today and had they not been there I would not have the same life, I would not be the same person, I would not have grown from those experiences.

In saying that:

For everthing there is a time, a place and a reason!

CELEBRATE YOU

"from time to time, to remind ourselves to relax, to be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, and enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on earth."~ thich nhat hanh

positive thought

"and the day came when the risk

to remain tight in a bud was more

painful than the risk it took to blossom."~ anais nin