Moments in time...

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Last week, although stressful, was a good one. I received amazing news and I did things in that week I had never had the courage to do. Last week was truly significant.
I also learned quite a few lessons in those few days, one of those was to fight for what I want, fight for what makes me happy, fight for that that brings me joy.
I was reunited with a friend last week, after months of not talking. She was a best friend and sister for the longest time, and then for some reason, things went sour. But last week, we both learned to swallow our pride. We spent time together and shared stories with one another. Stories we were always too afraid to share, stories that needed to be heard and needed to be understood. In that one week, we learned more about each other than all our years of friendship put together. In that one week, we shared secrets, we cried a little, we laughed a lot and we appreciated each other in ways we have never appreciated each other before.
We have made a lot of mistakes, one of those was allowing outside factors and third parties to mess up a good friendship. I would like to think that we have also learned from those mistakes though. There is no guarantee that things will be smooth from now on, there are seldom guarantees in life, but I pray that things will remain as they are, with the only change being for the better.
One week can change the whole outlook of one’s life. In one week, I realized that my goals are truly within my reach, so close I can almost touch them. In one week, I was given the opportunity to see things from a different point of view. In one week, I was forced to swallow my pride and admit to mistakes made. In one week, I was given the chance to make things right, to start over, to start new, to start afresh.
And in one week, I learned not to take things day by day or as they come. I learned to live for each moment in time, to embrace it and to savour it. I have learned to stop and smell the roses. I have learned to be the best person I can be, because being anything less would be an insult to Him.
In 1 week, I experienced joy in abundance. In 7 days, I experienced things that would change my life for the better and shape me into the person I want to be. In 168 hours, I have seen a side to my friend Izo that I have never seen in all the years that I have known her. In 10080 minutes, I have cried, laughed, felt pain and pleasure, soul searched and found parts of myself I never knew existed. In 604800 seconds, I have lived each one like it was my last. I have embraced the moments in time. I have savoured the taste and inhaled the aroma.

Enjoy your moments in time… inhale the aroma, savour the taste!

Take Care

Miss Stone

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