BuB

There isn't anything special or unique about me I'm just an ordinary person trying to get through life just like the rest of you. Everyone has their ups and downs, highs and lows, some better some worse... I guess we're all able to deal with what we get differently from everybody else, I just feel everyone has their own "Awakening" and goes through some changes that they have to face at some point in their life - I feel like I'm going through that stage of my life where I think I'm finally beginning to "get it" - It being life... I've had to realize it's now time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change... or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not Cinderella and that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings ( or blessings for that matter) and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with me... and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance.I've had to awaken to the fact that I'm not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what I am... and that's ok. They are entitled to their opinions aren't they?I'm learning to stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did to me (or didn't do for me) and that the only thing I can count on is the unexpected. I've learnt that people don't always say what they mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for me and that it's not always about ME.I'm still trying to stop judging and pointing fingers and begining to accept people as they are and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties... and in this process a sense of peace and contentment is born of FORGIVENESS.I'm realising that much of the way I view the world around me, is as a result of all the messages and opinions that have been ingrained into my psyche.