Something I Found

I found this today online and I wanted to share it with you:

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there...to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become.
You never know who these people may be but then you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
And, sometimes things happen to you at times that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, willpower, or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.
Illnesses, injury, love; lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of the soul. Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere-sage and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you experience can create who you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most important ones.
If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them because they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart to. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but also because they are teaching you to love and to open your heart and eyes to little things.
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean possession and company doesn't mean security. You begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
You learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have ways of falling down in mid flight.
You learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, and you really do have worth.

For those of you looking for something a little less serious, I discovered today that for the entire 21 years of my life I have been spelling the word "trys" instead of "tries" and no one ever corrected me. I wonder how many people have looked at my writings when spell check didn't correct me and laughed at the girl who sometimes takes herself and her intelligence a little too seriously. Its funny how God teaches us humility in the smallest circumstances.

21 years of "trys". How embarrassing.

Thoughts from a girl who trys/tries to keep you entertained,
Jenna