Thankful

Certain people have a way of turning up in our lives unexpectedly. And just like that, things change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. And in the same way that people appear, others leave. It can end with a fight, or a goodbye, or a promise, or my least favorite, slowly without any reason at all, leaving you to wonder. We live in this long strand of moments, not really knowing what's coming next. We want things to be different, always, all the time searching for ways to make our lives better. Whether it be with a person, who left or who is yet to come. Or with grades. Or those couple extra pounds. It never ends. We never settle for what we've been blessed with, for what we wake up to every morning, for what is all around us and within us constantly. It's easy to overlook things.. To get down on ourselves when we fail. It's a little bit harder to be thankful for the opportunity to fail. Because it's something we take advantage of everyday. This post was inspired by one of my best friends, who just randomly popped in my room to say, thank you for being my friend. It got me to take a good hard look at the things I'm thankful for; the things I don't necessarily acknowledge on a daily basis. For that, I thanked her.