It's hard to forget the good times...

It's so weird that as much as I have been through in my life, it's the hard times that I let fall away from my mind and the good times, the good memories... those are the ones that hang around, time and time again reminding me of my past.

My childhood memories, past boyfriends, family vacations and holidays. It never occurred to me until recently that focusing on the bad stuff makes for some really negative relationships. Now, some people have hurt me, so the trust is not there... but I don't have any truly negative feelings towards those people. I don't hate anyone. I pray for everyone I have ever come in contact with, especially the ones I know of that don't know God. I pray that they find their way to religion through Jesus Christ and that one day again I will see them in heaven.

There are so many good things that have happened in my life, things that I would never exchange just to get rid of the bad. If I could go back and relive my life, I don't think I would change a thing because all that I have been through has made me into the person that I am today. I have learned the hard way to take the bad with the good - no matter how hard it can be sometimes.

My advice to my readers - prepare your heart now for good times and bad. Don't let the bad times rule your life. Allow the memory of the good times to take over and settle in your heart forever. There is no reason to hold on to the hard times forever. Things will change again.

"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes,
and in good times fears for a change in fortune."
- Horace (Ancient Roman Poet)