Life, Love and Happiness

This is a short entry tonight as I've been invited by Wolves Wanderer to go for a meal at his 'gaff' and to be honest faced with the choice between that or the ironing - hmm, it wasn't much of a contest really.

I went to see a friend today who is in some need of 'bolstering' after her hubster has left her and their young child. It left me with an enormous sense of 'life is too short for tears' kind of feeling. I do wish her well and so much love. I know that in the coming months and possibly years she might not ever get to understand what was going through his mind to cause his actions but she will flourish regardless. As we all do.

When my ex split up with me I went through a 'pain barrier' and what seemed like endless tears. The questions and 'reasoning' just flitted around my head like never tiring butterflies. We just need to make our peace with things sometimes to enable us to forge onwards as the extraordinary creatures we are. My dad said once "When you wake up tomorrow, the sun will still shine and the birds will still sing". Of course, how right he was, and in a weird way, this helped. I could choose whether to cry, be sad and mull or mope about things or I could dust myself off and get on with rebuilding my life. I chose the latter (after a lot of vodka, tears and wet shoulders) and now I'd like to think that people see me as a strong, happy, smiley character who is content in her own skin. Ok, ok - maybe a stone or two lighter and then I'd be reeeeaaaaaalllly happy, but hey ho.

But what I'm trying to say is that it's too easy to get caught up in things and be blinkered.

Life really IS too short.

I've seen a road accident today, not actually happen but the aftermath and it was a fatality. How sad is that!? So before you start nagging your other half or children or anyone for that matter ask yourself why. Try to see the bigger picture. Keep a smile somewhere for everyone and you won't go too far wrong. Try to find the positives in your current situations.

Be happy.