Not pointless

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there
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Maybe to serve some sort of purpose.
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To teach you a lesson or possibly many lessons. 
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It could be to help you figure out who you really are.
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Or help you learn what you want to become. 
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You never know who these people might be:
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Your roommate, a neighbour,  a work colleague, a school friend from way back, a lover, or sometimes even complete strangers. 
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However when your eyes meet then you know at that very moment that they are in your life for a reason.
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Some people come into our lives and quickly go out again.
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Some people excite us in new ways.
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They awaken us to new understandings 
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Some are very wise.
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Others make nature more magical.
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They stay in our lives for awhile and when they leave we are never the same again
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We have moved on coming to a new level of consciousness.
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Sometimes things happen to you because of them that are horrible, painful, and seemingly unfair. 
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But then later upon reflection you realise that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never moved on as you did. 
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Everything happens for a reason.
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Nothing happens by chance. 
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Or by means of luck even though it might appear so. 
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Illness, injury, love, lost moments of potential and necessarily sheer stupidity all happen to test your limits. 
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Without these tests
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All of them.
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Whatever they might be, life would be a boring straight road to nowhere. 
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It might appear to be safe and secure. 
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Comfortable, but dull and totally pointless. 
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The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience help to create who you become.
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Even the bad experiences can be learned from. 
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In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
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If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trusting others.  
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If someone loves you and you love them then do so unconditionally.

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True love cannot be conditional.
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And wherever that takes you so be it,
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Make every day special, live each day fully. 

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For you may never be able to experience it again.
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Talk to people that you have never talked to before.
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And actually listen to what they say.
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Everybody has a story. 
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Believe in yourself
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For unless you believe in yourself how can others?
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You can make of your life what you will, but only you can know what that is. ts