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Experience everything

"When you lose, don't lose the lesson".

- Anonymous

To lead a full life with no regrets is probably my biggest wish; that and being happy in general. But life isn't always that kind and with the happy times will come occasional shades of grey and perhaps a few thunderstorms that mess things up for you really badly. Those periods where you lose and things don't work out exactly as you had hoped, no matter how much you tried or wanted them to work in your favour, are the times we would run from if we had a choice. Or at least i would - my brain works on a more flight not fight mechanism.

This anonymous quote above reminds me (and i hope it will remind you too) that although we don't always win in life; there are always things to be learnt from living the experiences we do so that we can become stronger individuals in the future. The lessons we learn along the road of both good and bad life events are what makes us the person we are today.

So think of those bad times as a chance to grow, improve on yourself and become even stronger than you ever thought possible before the unwanted experience found you.

Here's hoping that there are more periods of sunshine in our paths than dark clouds.

My positive side says lets get a tan but the cautious inside voice is telling me to sensibly bring my umbrella just in case.



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