Character, perserverance, and determination

This is dedicated to a special someone...

Sometimes it takes the most unexpected event to truly try your character, perserverance, and determination. As over-cliched as it may seem, its true: "You never truly know how lucky you are, how good you have it, until its gone". This is the truth. If nothing else in the world is, this is.
Ive had my share of personal events that have challenged me...dared me to rise above. To look beyond and to learn. To learn to appreciate what you have; friends, family. These things have molded me in to a better person; more appreciative of friends and the time i spend with family. Share your life. With friend, family, and significant others. Enjoy your time together. This is easier said than done sometimes. We are human. We have days where we hate each other or are having a bad day and want nothing to do with a certain person. The challenge is to try to change that behavior. Mold it to your own needs. Find out who you are and share that. In fact share what you have. Even if you are not sure. As long as you can say that you made an effort to reach out, then you have done your part.

I think this is why i try to savor those special moments with people, because they are exactly that...special. It could be the most routine thing...watching a movie, talking about your day, or otherwise....treat it with meaning. Treat tomorrow as a new day. Have fun, laugh, and make friends....make yourself a better friend for your current friends. Its a lot easier than it might sound.

If you stumble...catch yourself. Dont allow yourself to fall down. Motivate yourself to do better, be better. Use your past mistakes as fuel for your motivation. Above all, dont give in.


"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it". -Michael Jordan

"Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again, but life goes on. Remember that. "(Blow)

"You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period."

-alex-
2/19/08