Life As We Know It

The world is full of constant change.  Much like the wind.  Never in the same place twice, different strengths, different smells, different temperatures.  In much the same way our life is never the same.  We must grab life by the horns and hold on for all we are worth.  It is hard to face life sometimes.  Believe me I do know.  My life is hard and challenging like no other.  I feel at times like an ostrich, with the urge to bury my head in the sand and hide from the world.  Other times I feel like yelling in rage at what the world has thrown my way.  I wish for an easy life.  Even though I will know that wont happen.  I still wish for it.  I hate it at times, the uncertainty of the future.  I was reading in my book and this passage struck me. 

"Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass.  A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quite introspection." 

I feel like my life experience have greatly effected the person I am today.  For all of the trials and hardships in my life I wouldn't give up one of them, because they have made me the person I am today.  I regret none of my actions nor my decisions.  I stand by who I am and the way I am.  I can be stubborn and obstinate, caring, understanding, and cruel.  Most of the time I am one emotion, happy.

I have made many changes to my life.  Some of them are hard and needed while others will be good for me and provide a valuable learning and growing experience for me.  Once again I do not regret what I have done.  I only wish to look forward at the future that is awaiting me.