Sometimes

 Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were

 meant to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or

 help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who

 these people may be; your roommate, neighbor, professor, long lost friend,

 lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with theirs, you

 know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
  



 Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible,

 painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming

 those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength,

 willpower or heart.




 Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of

 good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and

 sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these

 small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be

 like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable,

 but dull and utterly pointless.




 The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you

 experience -- they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad

 experiences can be learned from ... those lessons are the hardest and

 probably the most important ones.




 If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them, for

 they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious

 about to whom you open your heart.




 If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they

 love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart

 and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.




 Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything

 that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again.




 Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let

 yourself fall in love. Break free and set your sights high. Hold your head

 up because you have every right to.




 Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you

 don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.




 You can make of your life anything you wish.




 Create your own life and then go out and live it!