Passing By

"I turn the music up, I'm on a roll this time."

I feel like it's easy to let things pass you by sometimes - but try to keep hold of the people that make you happy and take the opportunities that come your way because you never know if you'll get a second chance.  

Laura.

Song: Every Teardrop is a Waterfall by Coldplay
- One of my favourite songs, ever.

Steve Jobs

"For most of my life, I've felt that there must be more to our existence than meets the eye." He admitted that, as he faced death, he might be overestimating the odds out of desire to believe in an afterlife. "I like to think that something survives after you die," he said. "It's strange to think that you accumulate all this experience, and maybe a little wisdom, and it just goes away. So I really want to believe something survives, that maybe your consciousness endures... But on the other hand, perhaps it's like an on-off switch" he said. "Click! and then you're gone..." Then he paused again and smiled slightly. "Maybe that's why I never liked to put on-off switches on Apple devices."

- Steve Jobs

(From 'Steve Jobs' by Walter Isaacson)

Laura.

Song: How to Save a Life by The Fray

Here I Go

"I'd say I miss you, but think I'd choke on the words.
Dreamt a picture and you don't know how it hurts
and I've been thinking just how to tell you so here I go,
so here I go..."

I hate it when you don't know what to say or when you have so much you want to say, but just can't say it because it's the wrong time, in the wrong situation and the wrong circumstances.

Laura.

Song: Wherever You Go by Ron Pope

Life is unfair?

The phrase 'Life is unfair' is commonly heard but is life actually 'unfair' or is it just how we view different situations and react to them?

During life we are given opportunities; to travel, to gain experiences and do various things. Some people maybe given more opportunities than others; through being wealthy, more intelligent or even through pure popularity. However it's not always about quantity, but what you do with what you're given. Perhaps having an optimistic view of life will bring more good fortune than being pessimistic? Some of the poorest people can be the happiest. Not getting what you want all the time doesn't necessarily mean life is unfair.

However the divide between people is becoming increasingly noticeable. Why is it fair that one family can live in a large house and another family of the same size, a cramped flat? Why do the first family deserve a better life? There are so many situations in which somebody loses out or is worse off. Amongst younger people possessions are a key element of this, especially when it comes to new technology - if you haven't got the newest phone does that automatically make life unfair? I'd argue it doesn't. Most divisions between us come down to money and social issues, suggesting we are responsible for the 'unfairness'. Generally, everybody deserves to be equal, but in the real world it isn't always possible - at least not at the moment. Life can seem unfair sometimes but it isn't all the time and after all, life never promised to be 'fair'.

Laura.

Song: Euphoria - Loreen cover by Katie Sky link: here.

Mitch Albom

"All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."

"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else."

"Each affects the other, and the other the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."

"The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."

"Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves." 

- 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' by Mitch Albom

These quotes come from one of my favourite ever books, in fact I think it's possibly my favourite. I thought I'd share some quotes from it with you because we all know how much I love quotes haha!

Laura.

Song: Picking Up The Pieces by Paloma Faith