Tiredness, stress, anger, death; recently I have felt so overwhelmed
by these negative things that seem to try and take over my life, perhaps to an extent I've
also been ignorant and not accepted the power they can have on your life if you
allow them. As of late in the news there have been far too many articles for my
comfort about young people tragically dying, due to both self-inflicted and
natural causes. No cause of death makes it, for me, any less heart-breaking
when you can see the masses of potential that these youngsters had. I think it
also hits home pretty hard as I, like many others, am at a cross road in my
life where I’m choosing the direction that I want to take, a decision that
determines so much, not only for me but potentially for others too. In retrospect I see how self-absorbed
I’ve been in my tedious everyday actions, forgetting to actually start living
and appreciating each moment I'm gifted with.
I was in a fair amount of shock last night when I hear the
news that a 13 year old girl called Talia had died, whose outlook on life had
and will continue to teach me so much about what constitutes to real living. She was fighting cancer for 6
years yet she had hundreds of thousands of people subscribed to her on YouTube,
and reached out to even more, inspiring so many to be a little happier and
worry a little less. She inspired me personally in so many ways and the thing
that hurt me the most about hearing of her death is that there was so much that
I wanted to continue to learn from her. She accepted her situation, she wasn’t
afraid to show how she was feeling and she did what made her truly happy. Need
I say much more about this wonderful person? Ellen Degeneres was right when she described her as having an 'old soul'. I believe that she took her life firmly in both hands and ran
with it, letting nothing slow her down. At 13 she had achieved more than most do in a lifetime because she was motivated and wasn’t going to let her personal demon, cancer, stand in her way, which would have been a much better excuse then most to not want to fight and achieve as much as they can.
When I watched her videos it often made me feel so
silly about myself because I'd been worrying and letting myself get upset about the most tedious of things
yet she was teaching others incredible lessons. For instance, accepting your situation and the truth but not letting it dominate your life and instead highlighting the things that you do like, for her it was through the means of showing her
bald head yet wearing makeup and showing off her favourite features of her face. This in itself makes me want to fight, I want to
fight against my natural instinct of letting other people and the little voice
in my head influence how much I achieve. I have a fair amount of dreams and I
feel, even just in honour to Talia, that I should try my hardest to make sure
that they come true. Recognise what it is that you want to achieve then run
with it, don’t ever look back just keep on going. The second you stop and try
to apply conventional logic then may lose the true wild spirit that it takes
to achieve the most extravagant of aspirations.
Love, bean xx
Love, bean xx
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