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Thanks - Reading: the purpose driven life
hey guys its been a while since i uploaded a new journal entry. Iv just been pretty bored as its the summer and robins away to camp. I have been occupying my time doing a few things, but just not enough to distract me from boredom. Though really the fact that my other half is away at camp and iv had time alone, ive had a lot of time to really sit down and ponder. Knowing me i think bout the little things in life as if they wer big things and vise versa.
I went to visit my friend in hospital today, since birth he has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Hes currently 18, coming on 19... and from medical history.. that gives him about 10 years maximum to live. But most cystic fibrosis sufferers only last til 25 before their kidneys and liver begin to fail. Im telling you this not to gain sympathy for him, nor for myself. As upsetting as it is and a scary thought that id one day hear that Chris is dead. It gives me then more the reason to appreciate both him and my close friends and family. He may be alive and kicking now, but even still, he has taught me a lot in life and really set it straight. he's always thought of doing animation, studying abroad.. and even still thought and aspired to so many things in life. I walked into his room today and he sat on his bed dressed in his urban outfitters and topman stuff, sleeves rolled up, injecting himself with numerous syringes of clear fluid. To me it was all so alien.. he had a box of tablets and syringes and multiple medication to take, but yet to him it was like everyday life. Like taking a drink or eating sumthing like as if it was necessary to survive. I was the only one there to visit, and i asked him when his parents wer coming to see him, or his brother.. and he replied laughing,
'my brothers never been in this hospital, my dad doesnt come cus he cant cope and my mum, well, she might be coming tonight!'
When i had an operation, my parents and sammi took a day off work to come see me, get me cosy and make sure i was never faced with the situation of talking to four walls and myself. Since that time i had always expected my parents HAD to do all this for me, like if they didnt, i would be lonely, heartbroken and unhappy. But when your son or daughter has a long term illness such as cf. Would my parents have quit their jobs to look after me? i wouldn't know. I just know my parents really do love me and every minor detail, they put so much effort into it. If i was the one landed with cf, my parents may not be able to come and see me all the time. But as for Chris, he still remains happy even though as a spectator, i would say his parents dont act like loving ones. But i realised.. you know.. who am i to say that. Chris has never doubted his parents, never felt like they didnt care.. because they do. It may not seem it.. but to someone like me that only knows what goes on surface deep, i can only learn from it and realise just how much my family care about me.
This journal may be very long, so those who have read to this point. I have sum more to write bout.
Since i started going out with Robin, ive never once had to deal with him not being around, in the house, watchin a film.. the usual chat.
Its until he has left, and isnt around that i realised just how much we as ppl take advantage of those around us, and take advantage of time. When he is around my house, not doing much.. we may get bored and just treat it like any other day. when he isnt around, i just realise just how much i miss his presense. Its not the idea that we HAVE to do certain things and go out to be happy, its the company.. the presence.. that nothing else you do, or no one can replace. Ive been reading a book recently by a guy called Jon Nicholson. He lost his other half to bone cancer and wrote one heck of a book. He doesnt write it in a way that he wants to make people sympathise. He tells you straightforward and vividly and factually, how it takes one day to turn your life upside down, one day to steal those close to you away from you, one illness and disease to turn the person you love into someone you've never met and just one illness just to deteriorate that persons life from an active fun loving woman, to the weak and a continually angry human being. Ive never liked the thought of losing a second half... its different when you split up with them, from losing them to the point that they are never ever retrievable. I dont know if my other half will be Robin, but if it is i truly understand what it means to use every day like its your last. I also closely follow, this writer samantha warwick.. (back of grazia magazine-to all uk readers who may know) she pointed out one thing after coming to a realisation herself after losing her other half.
'if you are currently with someone you dont love, then leave them.Really. Give them and yourself a chance to be loved by someone else. If your single, ring your best friend and tell them how much you care. We all deserve to be happy and make someone else happy. never ever leave it till the last minute - because like me and Rob - you may not get a last minute.'