There's just something so cleansing about snow. If you walk outside while it's falling, it just makes you think about stuff. If you're like me, it's a good feeling to be out there, having the snow hit your face and just letting your mind wander...
My cousin forwarded an email to me this morning... she told me that reading it had made her think of me... I can't say I hadn't read it before, but it doesn't make it any less powerful... it's what I thought about on my walk home tonight... There's a part that says, "I believe two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different." People may look and see a sidewalk lined with trash... but to me, I see the lights from the lampposts and how they hit the snow that's covered everything.... I feel like everything is like that. Where one sees an eyesore, the other may see beauty. Where one may see pain, the other may see a lesson. Where one may see weakness, the other may see strength. Where one may see an obstacle, the other may see a possibility. And where one may see anger and revenge, the other may only see love and forgiveness... My astrologist cab driver told me last week that life is not always about being objective so sometimes I need to be subjective. After all, we only live life as we see it...
Posting the email Sharon sent me for your pleasure:
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A BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHOWS THAT WE WERE BORN
A DEATH CERTIFICATE SHOWS THAT WE DIED
PICTURES SHOW THAT WE LIVED!
I BELIEVE...
THAT JUST BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE ARGUE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER.
AND JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T ARGUE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DO LOVE EACH OTHER.
I BELIEVE...
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE FRIENDS IF
WE UNDERSTAND THAT FRIENDS CHANGE.
I BELIEVE...
THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD A FRIEND IS,
THEY'RE GOING TO HURT YOU EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
AND YOU MUST FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT.
I BELIEVE...
THAT TRUE FRIENDSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW,
EVEN OVER THE LONGEST DISTANCE.
SAME GOES FOR TRUE LOVE.
I BELIEVE...
THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING IN AN INSTANT
THAT WILL GIVE YOU HEARTACHE FOR LIFE.
I BELIEVE....
THAT IT'S TAKING ME A LONG TIME
TO BECOME THE PERSON I WANT TO BE.
I BELIEVE...
THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE LOVED ONES WITH
LOVING WORDS. IT MAY BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE THEM.
I BELIEVE...
THAT YOU CAN KEEP GOING LONG AFTER YOU THINK YOU CAN'T.
I BELIEVE....
THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT
WE DO, NO MATTER HOW WE FEEL.
I BELIEVE...
THAT EITHER YOU CONTROL YOUR ATTITUDE OR IT CONTROLS YOU.
I BELIEVE...
THAT HEROES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DO
WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WHEN IT NEEDS
TO BE DONE, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
I BELIEVE....
THAT MY BEST FRIEND AND I CAN DO ANYTHING
OR NOTHING AND HAVE THE BEST TIME.
I BELIEVE....
THAT SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE YOU
EXPECT TO KICK YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN
WILL BE THE ONES TO HELP YOU GET BACK UP.
I BELIEVE...
THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I'M ANGRY
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY,
BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME THE RIGHT TO BE CRUEL.
I BELIEVE...
THAT MATURITY HAS MORE TO DO WITH
WHAT TYPES OF EXPERIENCES YOU'VE HAD
AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THEM
AND LESS TO DO WITH HOW MANY
BIRTHDAYS YOU'VE CELEBRATED.
I BELIEVE...
THAT IT ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH,
TO BE FORGIVEN BY OTHERS.
SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO FORGIVE YOURSELF..
I BELIEVE...
THAT NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR HEART IS BROKEN
THE WORLD DOESN'T STOP FOR YOUR GRIEF.
I BELIEVE....
THAT OUR BACKGROUND AND CIRCUMSTANCES
MAY HAVE INFLUENCED WHO WE ARE,
BUT, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHO WE BECOME.
I BELIEVE...
THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE SO EAGER TO FIND
OUT A SECRET. IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
I BELIEVE....
TWO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE EXACT SAME
THING AND SEE SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I BELIEVE....
THAT YOUR LIFE CAN BE CHANGED IN A MATTER OF
HOURS BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.
I BELIEVE...
THAT EVEN WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE NO MORE TO GIVE,
WHEN A FRIEND CRIES OUT TO YOU -
YOU WILL FIND THE STRENGTH TO HELP.
I BELIEVE...
THAT CREDENTIALS ON THE WALL
DO NOT MAKE YOU A DECENT HUMAN BEING.
I BELIEVE...
THAT THE PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT MOST IN LIFE
ARE TAKEN FROM YOU TOO SOON.
'THE HAPPIEST OF PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY
HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING;
THEY JUST MAKE THE MOST OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE.
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