Yes, that is from the popular Paulo Coehlo book The Alchemist. I just re read it the other day and there were some quotes that I related to I thought I'd share. As time goes by and a life threatening if not altering procedure is staring you in the face it can be a challenge to keep cool. Staying busy helps no doubt. Understanding what's coming and the time waiting can weigh on you. That's when I've been trying to remind myself of this 'the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself'. I'm sure if you were to tell me this when I'm suffering I'd tell you to take off or something along those lines. But its true because whatever lies ahead is there and stressing and being fearful of it only makes it start sooner and last longer. Energy is better spent planning and preparing for it if you're going to put any thought towards it at all.
'Its the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting and worthwhile.'. Well that and golf! I guess thats what makes the bucket list appealing. I'll go into this armed with things I look forward to experience in the future. I've done a lot over the last few months but I figure to keep you going you never actually complete the bucket list. Similar to the honey do list I'd imagine. See ladies we need to keep things on there to keep us going ;). Guys you owe me a beer if that got you out of some chores.
'When you really want something all the universe conspires to help you to achieve it.'. Well I sure hope so because I really want to be healthy and back to the old shenanigans so let the conspiration begin. Haha I'm relatively certain that's not a word ... Sounds dirty like perspiration. I'm a firm believer that you control your destiny. I realise this requires me to put in a lot of hard work and that simply sitting around wishing I'd get healthy isn't going to be enough. All the positive energy my friends and family are passing on to me gives me the strength to keep going. Having said that ... I can be lazy at times (I can tell everyone is shocked at this point) please give me a kick in the ass from time to time so I can get my 6 pack back. Haha. Glad I figured out how to at least hide the comment section at this point.
Friends and family have been amazing support through this. I'm grateful for the time we've spent together and things we've done leading up to this. I'm regretful I didn't spend more time with some people. I'm still working on the whole live life with no regrets thing. I'll get it one day, maybe the same day I figure out procrastination. That and self actualising myself to the point where I'm not insecure if I don't have eye brows ... They're not serving much of a purpose anyway. I only wish I could have swam this summer I may have been able to set a Club Hamilton lap record without their added resistance.
