Hi everyone!
It has been a long time since I wrote a blog post. You’ve probably forgotten that I even write and if you didn’t know I write now you do. I miss writing regular blog posts. It has been a difficult few years between Covid and an energy crisis among other things. I can’t say this is why I haven’t written, but I can say that I write when I feel inspired and sometimes we get so wrapped up in doing other things. I’ve had a lot of changes in my life in the last few years too. I can’t even say I’m the same person that I was a few years ago. I’ve had different jobs and I’ve also changed within myself.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still me I’ve still got the same weird sense of humour that you’ve all come to know and love and if you still don’t get my humour just humour me. I guess what I mean by change is that a lot happens in our lives that we have to evaluate and we have to deal with lessons and changes within ourselves.
The world has changed a lot too in the last few years, and who knew we’d be living through such a crazy time. We have a pandemic, we have a war, we have an energy crisis and we have inflation. There has even been an earthquake. We’ve lost loved ones. Okay, I’m not just going to list all the stuff that’s going on, but I am here to talk about the reality of what we’ve all gone through, and that we’re all here still surviving and we're getting on with life. I am not trying to make you sad by the way if you keep reading. Maybe you are thinking who is this writer but I promise there is always a cherry on top, It feels like a violin should play at this moment. It is not the same world we had a few years ago, in some ways for some of us it is worse and in some ways for some of us it is a better.
There are people who lived through worse than what we have faced. There are people going through worse now. They always say that that is irrelevant and doesn’t help the situation now and doesn’t help how someone is feeling by telling them someone else has it worse, but I think what does help the situation now is to be grateful for the things that we still have. Roof over our heads. Friends and family or partners that love us. A job. I know these are the things people always say and it doesn't feel like much but it shows how much we take for granted. I could extend this list of good things we have a lot longer than the list of tribulations, we face. If you really look at your life, there’s always something to be thankful for. We may have different things we have compared to others but there’s always something to be thankful for. If you list the good things in your life you will find a lot.
There is also always something that we want that we don’t have or something someone else has that we want. We will live our lives in misery if we are always focusing on the things that we don’t have, but we are all guilty of it and we all bring ourselves down because of it.
I may have said this before in my blog posts too but whatever you are facing in life after every storm there is a rainbow. I may have written similar things in other blog posts but the message is the same and I want to keep reminding you. Whatever happens in life it is mainly how we respond to it and our attitude that effects our happiness. Things will always happen but it is how we face it. We all can get down in the dumps feeling low sometimes and it is hard to see the positive sometimes. Although when you take a chance to reflect on your life you will find you still have a lot to be thankful for and what you are facing will pass. Look back on all the times you have got through something before. It is hard in the moment but it does always get better.
The best advice I can give you in life which helps too is to be yourself. Your true authentic self. Don’t change because of others but be around people that accept you for you. Not everyone is going to like you but there are always your people out there. I am really thankful for my friends and family and I continue to meet great people along this journey. I continue to learn more about myself too. Sometimes too by learning about yourself you need to make changes within yourself too and be honest with yourself. None of us are perfect, I am certainly not but we can always be better. Be around people too that bring out the best version of you.
Sitting here writing and finishing this blog, my mind is full of loads of ideas for blog posts. I haven't written in so long and there is so much I want to write about but not all in one post. In fact sitting here writing again I am actually feeling a bit emotional because the fact that I am sat here typing away after so long makes me feel really happy as I haven't been able to for a while. I love to write, I have written lots poems and blog posts and a book when I was a teenager, unpublished. I also want to write another book. I am just happy to be here writing, I hope you are happy too reading what I write.
One thing thing I want to leave you with this time is to remember that this is your life now, this moment you're living it. The question you need to ask yourself is, are you living it? If not what can you change to live your life?
Just thought I would give you some things to remember.
With that I shall love and leave you,
Until I write again,
Nicola Hill
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