just gonna stand there and watch me burn

i learned some really important lessons today from an incredibly smart person.  since it's been awhile since i've written and since today i've learned some things that i'll remember for the rest of my life, i figured i'd write them down. 

Our lives are not events to sit back and watch and we cannot pick and choose what will happen.  We only choose our responses.

The realities of our lives play apart whether we want them too or not.  And in order to find genuine happiness we must deal with our realities both good and bad.

Be careful - ideals and dreams and hopes are wonderful things but you need to remember the realities that we all have.  The realities that make those hopes and dreams possible - something we can actually have and achieve not just wish for.  And sometimes if we wish for too much we forget how much we already have.

There is a wonderful joy and satisfaction that comes from people trusting us.  However, as i have grown older I learned that it is sometimes dangerous to know too much.  And that we need to pick and choose who we are close to as emotions and feelings  often take on a life of their own when we get too personal.  

so as i figure out life and my life's purpose, i'll always remember these.