You have to live through it.

Hello bloggers, I know I have been a little MIA as of recently, but I've been busy, I bought my first car, I went to New York for a week, I am enrolled in graduate school, and I have been working everyday. My absence has got the creative writing juices a flowin' :)

Something my mom said to me the other day really got me thinking. She turned 50 this week, which if you saw her you would not believe not only does she not look her age, but she doesn't act like an old woman. So as we were talking about life on that broader level that is always a nice change from focusing so much on the present, she said something that really got me thinking. We were talking about regrets in life, and she said, "I had to live through it." It's very true, there are so many things that seem like they will end the world as we know it, when in reality, it is an experience that will make us a better person.

I got to thinking about this, everyone of us has either had a terribly difficult class, totally unreasonable boss, or a significant other that didn't respect us the way that we deserved. When times were bad in all these scenarios we so desperately wanted someone to come in, pull us out of the situation, and make it instantly better. But we will relive these experiences until we learn from them, until we live through them.

The only thing we can do is have faith in our abilities to conquer anything, and hopfully see the light at the end of the tunnel. Even if things don't work out it will all be for the better because, like they say, "experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."