Real Life
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Everyone always says that you "never know what life will...." blah, blah, blah. But it's true you know, you really do never know. It's also true that life is what happens when you are busy making plans for it. See I kept waiting for my real life to start. I had a rough childhood, boo-hoo, wah-wah I know, how boring, *yawn* it bores me to death. But childhood ended (and didn't) for me abruptly when I left home early or it left me really when my mother and sisters left the state and I decided to stay where I was. No one told me I had to go, so I guess I figured that was permission to stay, so stay I did. I was an accomplished liar, lied to teachers, the guy I rented an appt from,whoever needed to be lied to. Finished high school with a 4.0 and only one 3 week visit to the mental health institution. Got a full scholarship to UCLA, but decided to follow my boyfriend and the Grateful Dead instead. Having a great time...waiting for my real life to start. Worked retail management 'cause it was easy and paid more than most of the teachers I knew, how sad is that? Serial monogamist with a few mishaps in between...still waiting for that real life to start. Spent my 20's playing, dancing, drinking, traveling, having a good time, waiting for my real life to start. No one told me that this WAS my real life and I had no idea! If you would have told me at 25 that I would be married to someone in who spent the majority of the time in another country only to be hit my a bomb, well who WOULD believe that? 30 hit me like a brick wall. It wasn't really the "I'm old now" thing. But I spent my 30th birthday in a bar crying because my boyfriend (now my husband) had broken up with me, I had never been married and had no children and oh my God, poor me...my life was over. That actually cracks me up right now. I am literally laughing out loud at how pathetic I was. Turns out I had a "real life" all along, I just didn't know it.
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I think many people go through the "real life" syndrome.... No one understands that NOW is their time to live their life. Everyone always thinks "tomorrow" tomorrow will be the day I accomplish this, tomorrow that...tomorrow I will send my sisters package out (just kidding on that one
) but the thing we need to realize is that TODAY will soon enough turn into tomorrow and tomorrow will become yesterday. We need to focus on all we have now... I agree with your statements above. The whole time I was in HS - as happy as I was with Brett, I couldn't wait for years to pass, to be married to him and ect. Now look where I am. College hit me hard, its hard to make a living and I feel that I didn't take enough time out of my life to do all I wanted - Sure I have much time left, don't think I don't realize that, but I wonder all the time why didn't I just enjoy it all.
Every 60 seconds you spend upset, is a minute of happiness you will never get backPosted 01-09-2009 at 12:39 AM by nattsgirl
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I guess the saying is right" Live today because you don't know what tomorrow holds""""Posted 01-09-2009 at 08:18 PM by Drea -
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Thanks for sharing that... You are right many of us including myself at times do live for tomorrow in a way (tomorrow may not come) and should live each day to its fullest and know that this is our life today...
We are blessed with 5 wonderful children and hubby and I have shared some ups and downs (been married 26 yrs) and I have to say that this last year for us has been a turning point in our relationship because of major open communication. So, on the topic of marriage it is so important to open up and communicate and swallow that pride (I have sometimes :-)
You may never read this as I know this post is old but felt like commenting :-)
Take care,
RosePosted 07-10-2009 at 01:24 PM by roseminxe
