The gastro and the storm 02.04.2013

Sometimes our bodies are struck with pure excruciating pain, like the lightening and the thunder that roars outside your window during a storm, our world becomes dark, unbearable, cold and all in all miserable.

Yet you lie there feeling helpless... besides strong medication and lying motionlessly on a sofa where you don't even have the capability to get a glass of water or consume any sort of food... you start to wonder, why is this happening to me?

Sometimes when we are ill, we just want someone to be there for us... it's like wedding vows: "to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part."

We love because we want love in return. We love other because we want to be held, to be cared for for the peaks and valleys in our lives, for the gastro days and the stormy days of our lives. And it is moments like this, when you are at most in need of love, where you test whether other care for you or not...

and even if they don't, just trust that everything happens for a reason...

"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 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 the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of your soul.

Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you experience can create whom you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact they are probably the most poignant and 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.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but also because they are teaching you to love and open your heart and eyes to little things. Make every day count. Appreciate everything that you possibly can, for you may never experience it again.

Talk to people whom you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold you 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."

 And like any storm... it will eventually settle and the sun will come out... and everything won't seem as bad anymore.... perhaps we are all in waiting for the one who will appreciate us...