Life happens in a blink

Where does time go? And why does it feel like it goes by so fast? I have been here for 43 years - couldn't really say, "I'd been alive for 43 years" because I didn't really begin living until 41. Even if I tried to name ONE thing that was the highlight of my year for every year, I don't think I could do it. Some years, there would be more than one so I would be unsure which one to pick. Other years, I might not be even able to find one. Not one highlight. 365 days of nothing worth mentioning, perhaps for even more days than that. There are 86,400 seconds in a day and 31,536,000 seconds in a year. It happens in a blink. Some days, I seriously wonder how did I get here. What road did I travel to get to where I am right now? Why did I pick this road and not another one? Do I really even remember "seeing a road" and consciously deciding to "pick that road"? In the next blink, it will be winter and one more takes me into spring again. What will happen between those two little twinkles in my eyes? It is hard to realize that perhaps my life is half over and when I look back at it, that is hard to comprehend. What have I done with my life that I am proud of and am glad when I did something? What people did I meet and now wonder where they are now? What do I wish I could do over, if I had the chance? Why didn't I live a different life? Why this one? All we have are little blinks, linked together by space and memories. Life happens before we know it did and yet, what do we do? We sit, we wait, we give up, we forget, we dismiss anything good. It happens way too fast anyway, so why wouldn't you want to make it be the best it could be as much as you can? Get up, quit stalling, have hope, remember, believe it can be different. All of these things will get you through today....until the next blink. Oh, by the way...by the time it took you to read it this, about 100 blinks happened. Just sayin.

Hope

Hope is a wonderful thing and what keeps us going when we feel like there is nothing ever to look forward to in our future. Do you have hope? Do you believe in hope? If you have no hope, then you will forever be stuck. Hope is defined as, "the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best." Do you find hope even in circumstances that look bleak? Hope is strength in times that are difficult. Hope is the belief that what you desire will occur. Hope is love given to someone who doesn't deserve to be loved. Hope can move people to do things they never thought possible. What do you hope for in your life? I hope I live a long time and somehow make a mark on those that I can affect positively. I hope by changing my life that teenagers and women can be committed to seeing that they can tchange their lives as well. I hope my family is healthy and I have enough to afford me life's simple pleasures. "Hope is a good thing and no good thing ever dies." - from the movie, "Shawshank Redemption". Hope is living within you all...when the situation arises, you will find it and it will make you believe in tomorrow. Let your heart lead and it will never lead you astray. Hope is the promise that tomorrow will be there, just as you expect it to be yet it is not concrete as to how it will show up. You have to believe that anything is possible. You have to trust that it can be different. Hope can take you there...let it. Always have hope. Don't ever give up hope.