This lesson in life applies to many aspects of living, whether it be educational and career opportunities, friendships, family members, activities and relationships. As for career opportunities, I am a strong believer that you can always push yourself to accomplish almost anything. It may sound like a cliché, but only when you experience the possibility yourself, and decide to get up off your ass and make shit happen, does shit really fucking happen. That's the reality.
Now, when it comes to friendships, you should not take for granted those who lent you an ear, gave you a hand, or shared good and bad times with you. Don't put off that phone call you've been meaning to make. Don't cancel those dinner and drinks with your long time friend because you're too tired from work. Make an exception; your friends (and actually, your family too), can be gone from one day to the next, leaving you with extreme regret and sorrow that you never made that person enough of a priority to see them or talk to them-- and now, they're gone. I'm not trying to be grim here, fuckers. I'm just saying, when you don't appreciate people, they get tired, they move on, or at least greatly reduce their involvement with you.
So... if you've got great friends and a loving family, appreciate that; appreciate the people that put up with you when you're down, and share their laughter with you when you're not.
When it comes to living life, don't put off something you've always wanted to do. It's understandable that financial strain will put a pause on many of your plans, but your responsibilities will always be there. You should live life while you have the chance, or make the chance happen. It may sound difficult, and it may even be very difficult, but in the words of one of my favorite athletes of all time, "IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING." - Muhammad Ali. Therefore, live life. Take that trip. Buy that motorcycle. Go parachuting. Jump out of a plane, because you can. Go hunt a wild boar. Learn to dance. Write a bad romance novel, if you'd like to. Why the fuck not?
Now, let's move on to the part that would concern you, my readers, the relationships part. There are three kinds of relationships, in my eyes. In no particular, special or specific order, they are: Good relationships, Bad relationships, and Gray area never ending bullshit back and forth games. Moving on....
Healthy relationships are those in which there is constant work and effort to improve the quality of life of all parties involved, a.k.a. situations where the positive constantly outweighs the negative. Unhealthy are those where ego, selfishness, and other things take over the will of one or more parties involved to improve said quality of life. You know, situations where the negative heavily outweigh the positive. The in between gray areas are those where one or more parties have issues making a commitment and yet for some reason can't fully walk away, can't allow you to move on with your life, can't seem to detach from memories, and won't completely treat you like a complete asshole either; making the situation even more difficult to surpass.
In the event someone you shared a bond with over a few years, decides to return to your life and make an effort to right the many wrongs they once did, it's important to remember that just as all bad things pass, all good things do as well. Sometimes you have to sit down, and wonder how to articulate those feelings of hopelessness and assertion that indeed, your opportunity has ended. You can't buy time, and you can't buy will. That's the lesson, ladies and gentlemen. While money can get you many wonderful things, it can't change the laws of life.
Take advantage of your youth, of your abilities, of your intelligence, and live life. The moment may rise when you'll want to BE better, DO better, LIVE better; and it may just be too fucking late.
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