Life is precious

I have been thinking a lot about how precious life is and how we should never take anything for granted. Life is short and you never know what is going to happen and we should all feel blessed for each day we have.

Following your dreams and living the life you want is the most important thing. That is why I am happy that I am going back to school to get my masters in Education. I know that teaching is my true calling and I cannot wait until I can actually have my own classroom and start teaching. Having a job that you don't love is the worst thing ever and I should know. I know teaching will not be easy and I know I will struggle, but at least I will be doing something I love.

Each day is a blessing and whenever I am having a bad day, I remind myself of something my brother said to me once. He said, "if you were to put your problems in a bag with everyone else's problems, you would want your problems back". This statement always puts things into perspective for me. The older I get the more I realize that life is way too short to sweat the small stuff and sometimes things are beyond my control and I just have to deal with it and learn from it. Like it says in one of my favorite books, "Live and Unlearn".