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I’ve been reflecting on my own life and the roller coaster it has been. I also know that stress should not be one of our personality traits. While I agree that sometimes stress is necessary and there are responsibilities to keep etc. People are so rushed and stressed anymore and it breaks my heart. Life is way too short to live vicariously. To live a life with no regrets doesn’t mean to not do anything you might regret, (because I truly believe that that is inevitable) but to grow from the mess ups, to realize those scars last because they shaped you. How easy it would be to turn a cold shoulder to the world that seemingly wants nothing but the worse for us and try and forget the good. No one enjoys those moments, but it is what we make of them that matters. Most of us can probably remember around the time when we realized the world had a dark side, the first time we got a bad grade, the first time someone betrayed us, the first time our heart broke, the first time we were left to fend for ourselves. Life takes courage, strength, perseverance, and lots and lots of love and forgiveness. I hold onto memories with a fear of losing them, but recently I’ve realized you can never lose the moments that alter your life because those memories become a piece of who you are.
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The older I get the more I realize the value of a moment.