We hear that ALL the time, making it a bit cliche, but it is true! We never know at what moment your loved one will be taken from you or you are taken from your loved ones. Life is too short to be mad, bitter, and disappointed. You may think that I’m so positive because bad things don’t happen to me but I promise you I do get hit with bad news. I allow myself to be mad and angry for a little bit, then I let go of it and go on about my day with a smile on my face. Life is too short to feel like poop. Whether you think so or not, we are in charge of our own destinies and how we allow stress and bad news to affect us. Bad things are going to happen, it is uncontrollable. What IS controllable is your reaction and how you process those bad situations. I’ve written a whole post before about not letting your circumstances define you. It’s important to really know what that means. Just because you were born and raised in an orphanage does not mean you have to end up broken and alone. It’s on you to take on the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” mantra. Just because you never felt quite right in your adoptive family doesn’t mean you have to become unable to love and afraid of commitments. It’s on you to figure out how to live happy no matter what circumstances were thrown your way. You are in control of you. You can be whatever you want, that’s the joy and desire of our beautiful souls. If you want to find love and be loved and die a fulfilled and happy person then don’t accept anything less than that. You get back from this world what you put out so if you want to be loved, give love. If overcoming your hardships is just too overwhelming for you and you need help, then go find help. Do the work on yourself and you will receive blessings beyond your wildest imagination. If your soul wanted to come to this earth to be a turtle in a shell or ostrich with its head in the sand then you would have! But you came to this earth as a human so that you can feel and do and be what you came here to be and experience. Learn from your mistakes and trudge on, day by day, minute by minute. We were each destined for something great. Life is too short to wait! Tell me something you did or felt was positive today, I want to hear it!