Everything Happens For A Reason...

Sometimes people come into your life

and you know right away that they were meant to be there.
 

They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson,

or help you figure out who or who you want to become.

You never know who these people might be;

your roommate, your neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover,

or even a complete stranger who,
when you lock eyes with them,
you know that very moment

that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things will happen to you

and at the time they seem horrible, painful and unfair,

but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles

you would have never realized

your potential, strength, will power of heart.

Everything happens for a reason.

Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck

Illness, injury, love, lost moments or true greatness

and sheer stupidity

all occur to test the limits of the soul

Without these small tests,

if they be events, illnesses or relationships,

life would be like a smooth, paved, straight, flat road to nowhere -

Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life

and successes and downfalls you experience,

they are the ones who create who you are.

Even the bad experience can be learned from

Those lessons are the hardest

and probably the most important ones...

If someone hurts you, betrays you

or breaks your heart...forgive them,

for they have helped you learn about trust

and the importance of being cautious

to whom you open your heart;

If someone loves you,

love them back unconditionally,

not only because they love you

but because they are teaching you to love

and opening your heart and eyes

to things they never would have seen or felt without them

Make everyday count

Appreciate every moment

and take from it everything you possibly can,

for you may never again be able to experience it again

Talk to people you have never talked to before,

and actually listen,

let yourself fall in love,

break free and set your sights high.

You can make your life anything you wish

Create your own life and then go out and live it.

I wish you the best in all your endeavors

as well as struggles in life

 Have a fighting spirit

and never hesitate to get back in the struggle.

- Author Unknown

Mother Theresa said it best...

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; 
Forgive them anyway.
 
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
 
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and make some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
 
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
 
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
 
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
 
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
 
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
 
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.