"It's a long walk back to Eden, sweetheart. Don't sweat the small stuff."



A quote by one of the characters in the Book Insomnia by Stephen King. It's quite a quote to live by I think, If you think about how much time we actually spend complaining and moaning about such small pointless things that you actually look past the beauty of the world and fail to see any positive. In life we all go through times where secretly we don't feel like being comforted and we just need the human sympathy that we don't always get. The truth I think is that it really isn't a long walk back to "Eden" or paradise... It's everywhere you look if you bothered, you can feel it in the breeze, see it in the bright colours of Autumn leaves, smell it in the sweet air, hear it in the pure trickling of water, taste it in the fine fruits of the earth. If you only bothered to savour the moment.


This picture was found on http://beautiful-island.50webs.com/

Journey


My journey through life so far has been one strange ride. Life in itself is like riding a wild horse, it tests you by jerking tentatively at the reins, it sometimes gives you a kick, at any time it can rear and throw you off, an unexpected buck can unnerve you but I suppose that's the nature of it. Its like an out ride on a horse that you sometimes cannot control, and one false move and send it bolting off into a direction you hadn't intended.

But life isn't always that bad. The ride can be fun too, if you'd laugh off the little jumps in the road, forgive the little mood swings of your steed and just generally learn how to ride.

In my teenage life in particular, I have often felt like I myself am the horse. Like I'm the one that's bridled, having the cold, hard bit torn back in my tender mouth every time I try to get somewhere. like I'm having spurs dug into my sides cruelly, someone constantly on my back trying to control my every move when really I'm just rearing to go. Burning with the passion of youth I paw the ground in my frustration.

But I guess that's how life is. I should be thankful. I know of those that have it much worse than I.

Eden

Thursday

My name as you will see from my profile is Eden Theron and I am a 16 going on 17 girl. In this blog I shall post things that inspire me or make me feel a certain way, or just plain say what I want. so I start off by saying how happy and excited I am that school's out tomorrow and I have a nice long-ish holiday in front of me! Hope everyone else out there from South Africa enjoy their break as well.

Cheerio
Eden