Story of a girl...

Who lived in a world where all was not fair or right or just too much 

of the time.

Still there was laughter and still there was joy'

For along the way and in her travels she had learned many valuable lessons.

One in particular that which brings you down cannot keep you there

unless you allow it...and you cannot hold another down unless you

stay down with them.

She learned most lessons the hard way and in doing so discovered

that pain can be a great motivator and bring many gifts.

She discovered that her trials and tribulations gave her the humility

to see more deeply into the hearts and souls of others.

She learned that sometimes life's greatest treasures are found in the

most unexpected places.

She came to realize that sometimes it is not getting what you want

that can bring about a happiness never expected or dreamed.

She came to understand that its the letting go that takes the greatest

strength and that to surrender is not the same as giving up.

She discovered that the happiness she sought was closer to home

than she knew.

She came to understand that loving someone isn't always easy

but it isn't meant to always be hard.

Sadly she learned that you cant always be with the one you love

and you don't always love the one you are with.

She learned that in her life the very people whom she thought were 

supposed to love and care for her the most where in fact the very

people who caused the most hurt and suffering.

She came to understand that they did the best they could.

She learned and valued acceptance and understood it to be the

answer to many of lifes questions and difficulties.

Thus discovering it is more important to be someone

rather than something.

She came to realize that possessions ought never replace the value of people.Things are replaceable, people are not.

Although she lived in a world of extravagance, she learned that less is more.

She came to understand that happiness truly was a means of travel,

not a destination.

She discovered that hope is the jewel of life and that when everyone else 

has given up and all else fails, hope will find a way.

She saw that some peoples fears haunted thenm more than actual events.

She noticed that some people stumbled over the truth from time to time

but many picked themselves up and brushed themselves off as if 

nothing had happened.

She learned not to fear her darkness, for she had discovered that  

some things only show up in the dark and that is where the light

shines the brightest.

She realized people may come and go but feelings remain and

that there could be great healing on the other side of great suffering.

She learned that being alone and being lonely were two different things.

She discovered that there is always another way and that she would never

have known the joy in being found had she never lost herself.

She found that sometimes the answer to the problem caused an even

bigger problem in the end.

She came to know that there is great freedom in forgiveness but that

it is a journey in itself to get there.

She realized she was never able to unlove that man.

She discovered it really is true, better to have loved and lost

than to never haver loved at all.

She came to learn that surrender takes a great deal of courage.

She learned there is a great difference between loving someone

because you need them and needing someone because you love them.

She discovered it takes courage to remain true to yourself and that sometimes

you have to be willing to let go of everything you think you have in order to

hold onto yourself...

And then SHE LIVED!