My Personal Rant for the week of January 10, 2011

The New Year has rolled on in and as I reflect on the recent events in my life it just makes me wonder about things and people. It brought me to the point of questioning peoples intentions and really saying to myself is this how I have to live my life questioning whether someone is going to try to cause damage to me or not, I didn't like that one bit.

Since coming back from Africa in October my life has been one big whirlwind that has just recently begun to settle down a bit. I had a choice to be bitter and angry at the world, blame others for my problems etc, but you know what everyone needs to take ownership of what happens in their lives and not sit down with tears rolling down their face saying why me??  Yeah to say it once and move on it one thing but to dwell on it doesn’t do much but leave you in a state of depression for an indefinite amount of time. We all make mistakes and I made mistakes which hurt someone in my life but it was never intended to be that way and at the end of the day it caused damage so no matter what I do take responsibility for that across the board, as the old saying goes "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" so why should this be any different.

With the help of family and good friends of mine that gave me their ear when I needed it, a shoulder to lean on when it needed it most, unbias guidance, a place to be when there were no options and just the knowledge that there were so many people out there that cared about me  made me that much stronger. In the USA, In Canada, In Europe, wow my good friends showed me why they are in my life and it feels good to know that, so I send a big Thank You out to them and they know who they are.

We all go through our turmoil in life and sometimes there are people that knock you when you’re at your weakest because they see an opportunity and its hard to defend yourself, these are people that wouldn’t dare try it when you are in a strong position, but you also have those that would extend their hand to give you a hand up to pull you out of your situations and that will trump the negative any day of the week.

On the same note sometimes events and actions cause damage that were unforeseen and people bail on you and that could be a really mind twister  but as with most things in life bad situations are never permanent unless you want them to be.

So with all that said , after being beaten down to the core and rising up from the flames like a phoenix ever so slowly  this is what I would say to anyone in the future , I will look at adversity in the face and smile, I would say come at me and do your worse because I will rise above it and then please just get out of my way to I can continue to live a happy and fulfilled life.

Happiness is a choice so is allowing yourself to hold the luggage for someone else or keep that bitterness and anger fresh inside of you because that is still holding that luggage, shoot just lay that sucker down and move on with your life, be happy, be fulfilled and keep smiling every day.

Be continuously happy and place that thought in the forefront of your mind no matter what the circumstances as life is meant to be enjoyed, its meant to be glorious, its meant to be lived, so get on to the living it part and leave all the other stuff on the curb.

Until my next Rant have a great week!!!