“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
E. M. Forster
This quote is up on Emma and Teresa’s blog. I love reading it each time I go to their site.
http://emmasjoyfuljourney.blogspot.com/
To me, it says: Let go of what you think its supposed to be like, let go of your preconceived notions and quit fighting what is meant to be.
I believe in destiny. I believe everything happens for a reason. I couldn’t change one thing in my life, none of the good/bad/ugly things, because it would change where I am right now/ who I am right now.
Obviously, Angelman Syndrome has changed my life. It’s really changed my perspective and given me a purpose.
But so many things have changed my life. (my parents’ divorce, school, friends, marriage, work) I don’t claim to understand them all, but at some point I think it becomes clear why things have happened in the past, to prepare me for future trauma by giving me a reference point of being a survivor, to give me the knowledge/ experience to make a certain choice in the future, to be a better person.
I make no claims of knowing at all, but at some point you have to live in the moment and let it be what it will be.
1 Comment
May 9, 2008 at 3:21 am
I love this entry, particularly this part: “…I think it becomes clear why things have happened in the past, to prepare me for future trauma by giving me a reference point of being a survivor, to give me the knowledge/ experience to make a certain choice in the future, to be a better person.”
I believe this wholeheartedly and have often wondered how to express it. You articulate it the best way that I have seen.
By the way, love your blog! Found it tonight while doing a search for Dr. Claudia Benton.