Life can change drastically at any moment's notice whether we are prepared for it or not. From something tragic like a car accident to something even more tragic like a positive pregnancy test (kidding...) We could have everything today and nothing tomorrow, or nothing today and everything tomorrow- either way there is a plan for each of us and we can't ever see what's coming at us next. Bite the bullet on the bad days and savor every second on the good ones because regardless of which card you're dealt the deck will eventually be gone.
I'm not giving you the typical "don't take things for granted" speech, I'm just saying that expecting the unexpected not only keeps you grounded but provides all the substance in life. My best friend's pregnancy seemed like the scariest thing two years ago, but she has grown to be an amazing woman as a result. Her child is a blessing who we could never imagine life without and I can't find the words to describe how proud I am that she still pushed through college, got her degree and is living a balanced life between her career and motherhood. For others that may not be the case, when it rains it pours.
Story of my life.
Need to renew your health insurance, you get really sick. Buy a new car, lose your job. Things looking up? You get a speeding ticket. Behind on bills, car breaks down. Fall in love? Whoops, he's married. Spend an hour curling your hair, it ends up raining. Deposit money into the bank, lose your bank card.
......could anything else go wrong today?!
A typical day for me in high-school usually went as follows:
I was an hour late Monday through Thursday and didn't bother to attend most Fridays (always found time to stop for Dunkin Donuts coffee). The coffee would always end up spilled on my shirt before I walked in the building. I'd get an unexcused late pass which I'd lose on my way to Sarah Fortier's World History class. I'd drag my Birkenstocks through her door only to find that we have a test that day. Ofcourse I knew nothing on the test, so I'd sign my name and circle "C" for every question. (Fail). I'd text during Pre-Calc (because the last time I was good at math was in 7th grade), get yelled at in Science if I asked Mr. Spatzer to go pee, fight with the librarian during study hall for talking too much (sorry I'm popular), get sent to detention which I'd never serve, and leave school early to go to work where I got to spread mayo and dijon on bread all night for people who lived off of subs . Before my day was even close to over, it was already ruined. Don't be so negative guys; the glass is half full.
I know everything above is petty compared to a majority of the problems that people face, I'm just trying to explain that nothing is going to happen exactly as we want it to. Myself? I'm actually more of a "glass is half empty" kind of girl, as opposed to every barista at Starbucks who's always way to excited to make coffee early in the day... makes me sick.
All in all, every day we wake up means another day we've survived.
