aND ThEN You BLinK

It is funny how life pans out. Happy one second, sad the next. Poor one year and rich the following.
Chances, success, failures, trials, people, places, learning; these are the things that make up life, that give life sustenance, gives it personality. But every single thing, every aspect can change in the blink of an eye. There is no telling when those changes will come, whether they be for good or bad, whether they bring blessings or consequences, all we can do is do our best. Doing our best to remain strong, to remain humble, faithful, happy and trusting.
Life is fickle and we cannot control it but what we can control is how we react to it. A wise man has told me countless times that life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react. We control whether or not we get offended, we control whether or not we keep and strengthen our friendships and we control whether or not we have regrets.
Why go through life with a heavy heart thinking there is no hope. Why go through life punishing ourselves for what we did or didn't do. Why let opportunities past by because you think your are not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, funny enough or liked enough.
Why not choose to be happy, why not choose to succeed, why not choose to do the right thing, why not choose to enjoy the simple moments, why not choose to live life to its fullest.
You may be wondering why I am writing all of this and so here is the reason. Today one of the students in my program had one of their family members take their own life. Something no one is ever ready for and something that can change so many things. We cannot judge that person for we do not know his circumstances, we cannot know what the loved ones are going through because we are not them. However, what we can do is learn from it. Learn to enjoy the time that we have to be with loved ones, learn to trust in the plan of salvation given, so graciously, to us by our Heavenly Father. And learn to trust Him and believe that everything will work out in the end.
Don't miss out on the important things in life; faith, the Atonement, love, friendship, memories and time, they are what bring true happiness and joy. Remember life may be going one way or another and then you blink.