In the blink of an eye!

When I was younger I used to throw around quotes like 'life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans' and 'between thousands of yesterdays and millions of tomorrow, lies one, and only one today'. Now, although I probably understand such poignant sentiments better than I did, I find there is barely enough time for them to ring true. 'Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching', one of my favourite quotes but seriously, who the hell has time. I used to love to look back and remember those moments, those moments that helped form us, those moments that made me laugh, those moments that made me cry and most of all, those moments that made me, me. But now there is no time, NO TIME! Where time used to seem to go so slowly when I was younger (too slowly) now I find it is all just a blur, like the image of a train zipping by. There doesn't seem to be enough time to have those moments anymore, and to create them takes planning and time (which we don't have). I find myself always rushing things, conversations, family time, friend time, me time, the things I cherish most I have to rush to fit into my schedule.
I'd love to have time to 'smell the roses' as they say (whoever they are?)but WHEN?
Time is so limited at the moment, I barely have time to write this blog, but I will however, take time to finish with another quote I love.

'As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.'

Just another thought.
Until next time,
the last single 35yr old x

the age of learning....

At 23 I knew who i was, no expectations, no false beliefs in myself. At 35 I realised I've questioned myself for more than ten years!
It amazes me that people can come into our lives and teach us to question everything we stand for, evereything we are comfortable with, everything we come to terms with about ourselves. It amazes me that people can come into our lives and have such a profound affect on everything we believed to be true about ourselves and never know the difference they have made on our lives. The people we choose to be around can help form us, as human beings, good or bad, they can help create the people we can be today. Without the people we choose to surround us, I believe, we would never know who we truly are. These people serve a purpose but they can't always stay around forever, sometimes, once they have served their purpose, they need to leave just as easily as they entered. As sad as it, this is all just part of a process, they have to leave in order for you to truly understand the learning they were brought to you for.
Just a thought......

Until next time,
the last single 35 yr old woman