Another gem from Pintrest... and I really hope it is true.
Sometimes, when I am being super-optimistic (or perhaps when I'm trying to make myself feel optimistic) , I focus on the benefits. It strange to think there are benefits that come of out being ill, and/ or dealing with a horrendous injury (or with anything else that completely and totally turns your life upside down) but focusing on these is a positive thing to do - to accept that there are certain things that are different because of my illness. For example, I will never take my health for granted; it means I will always appreciate my family, more than I thought imaginable; I have learned that I some very special friends who have stuck by me through the very worst times; it means I have had time to truly think about what I want out of life and how I want to get there; and over and above everything else: I want to be happy.So I have a goal, a challenge, something to work towards. And if John Lennon understood that when he was five, he truly was a genius!
Sometimes it just takes is a kind word, an email, a text message, a facebook post, or a skype call to remind us life is all about our friends. I don't feel I need to say a lot today, but sometimes I am reminded how incredibly lucky I am to have certain people in my life and this post is for them. And since they are SO awesome, I have picked two songs... although if I had more space I would have picked many more...
A little help from my friends
The Beatles
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
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I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.
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I get by with a little help from my friends,
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
With a little help from my friends.
(Again: I don't own any music/ videos etc. All linked to Youtube and artists accredited)
And, of course for our generation that grew up with:
This photo (above) is from 1994. I remember when we'd actually be outside playing in the park - playing hunt or hunt on bikes, or rounders, or football, or bike races... and we always came in at 9pm on Fri night to watch Friends - sometimes as many as 12 of us crammed into my bedroom, watching on my tiny little portable screen TV. I love those memories.
It eventually moved on to this:
And F-R-I-E-N-D-S was compulsive viewing in our university flat (Ebru, you know that's why you - and your boxsets - lived there, right?!)
We definitely grew up watching friends, so this also seems at appropriate song for MY friends.
I'll be there for you
The Rembrandts
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D O A
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week
Your month or even your year but
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
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No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me
Since you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest
with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst, I'm best with you, yeah
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week
Your month, or even your year
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
(Again: I don't own any music/ videos etc. All linked to Youtube and artists accredited)
“Many people will walk in and out of your life,
but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Always true:
Good friends are like stars.... You
don't always see them, but you know they are always there
~ Confucius (I've also seen this attributed to
Roald Dahl)
