Isn't it strange how your view of life can change in just a split second?
It happened to me and Lesley today.
We went to the cinema to see the new movie starring (amongst others) Hugh Grant - "Love Actually".
I'll tell you now that if you loved films like Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones' Diary - then you'll LOVE this!
And we did...up until about three quarters of the way through.
As with all movies these days...there is a soundtrack that accompanies different scenes.
As soon as the opening bars of a song in a particular scene began...our hearts dropped.
The song was "Songbird" by Eva Cassidy...and the last time that we heard it was as everybody walked into Connor's funeral in February this year.
Not only that...the film is set in London...and guess what image flashed up just thirty seconds later?
Guy's Hospital...where Connor had all of his operations...and spent a fair few months of his life in.
The rest of the movie could have been the best thing ever made...but Lesley and I didn't really notice it.
In fact...we have been a little 'strange' all day because of it.
And...this is the ONLY thing that I can bring myself to do work-wise today.
It goes to show that you NEVER know what is around the corner that might knock you off of the path that you are on.
So...doesn't it make sense to accept that, whatever happens in life, there will ALWAYS be people and events that you cannot control...no matter how hard you try.
All you can do is accept that life has a habit of tripping you occasionally.
You just have to make sure that you force yourself to get back up, dust yourself down, and 'get on with it'.
Just like I will be doing when I wake up tomorrow.
Posted by vurnumg
