Lucky To Be Alive

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I love life because what more is there?

~Anthony Hopkins

Life is the most amazing miracle ever! You and I are pretty lucky just to be alive. The odds of our parents even meeting were 1 in 20,000. The odds that they would stay together long enough to have children were 1 in 2000.

And that’s just your parents, the odds are so much smaller when you consider all the other variables!

We could spend our entire lifetimes just marveling about how our heart pumps blood through our vessels, how our lungs take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide, the way our body works to sustain and repair itself and keep us going without any conscious effort on our part.

If you think about it, it is really quite remarkable!

But life is so much more than that. Life is about learning how to love and respect ourselves, our loved ones, our neighbours, our beautiful planet, and all the abundant life that exists on its surface. Life provides us an opportunity to exercise compassion, practice sacrifice, overcome fear and grow in courage and humility.

I do not want to squander my time here. How about you?

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

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You’ve Made a Mistake

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After all, tomorrow is another day.

Scarlet O’Hara

So you’ve made a mistake. So what?

You’ve locked your keys in your car. You didn’t call your mom on her birthday, or remember your wedding anniversary, or left the restaurant without paying your bill. You snapped at your best friend, child, boss, student, lady behind the counter at the gas station. You overslept.

You forgot and missed an appointment. You’ve burnt your supper in the pot. You accused someone innocent of wrong-doing. You didn’t think before you spoke or acted and hurt someone’s feelings, started a huge argument, started a vicious rumour. You spilt your milk.

You broke a promise to take your kid for ice-cream, visit a sick friend, help someone move, or paint, or harvest their garden. Maybe you’ve caused harm intentionally and immediately regretted it, wished you hadn’t said that, didn’t do that, didn’t sink so low. You can’t look at yourself in the mirror.

You made a mistake. So what? Tomorrow is another day. You can fix it, apologize for it, make amends for it, pay for it, take responsibility for it, learn from it, forgive yourself for it and move on…

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

Caught Off Guard and Unprepared

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Well… unprepared – yes. Caught off guard? Not so much.

I mean it’s Wednesday. Wednesdays I write my Hump Day Chronicle post. Been doing that for a year.

So there’s nothing ‘caught off guard’  about it!

It’s my own fault. I knew Wednesday was coming, but every time I thought I should at least have a subject in mind, I just said nah and did something else.

Here’s the weird thing about that. I love writing these posts. I love that moment when I get an idea. Sometimes I get so excited I yell out YEAH and run to the desk to boot up my laptop so I can type my thoughts before they fly out the window. Sometimes I grab a pen and paper while the computer boots up (It’s so s-l-o-w) so I can capture the words even sooner!

It’s more typical for me to be writing a post and miss a dentist appointment, or forget to brush my teeth, or forget to eat, or forget to go to the bathroom.

So I don’t know what happened this time. I don’t know why I didn’t ‘get on it’  – I knew it was coming and did nothing. What can I say?

I can’t be the only slacker though. What aren’t you doing?

~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~