Life is like a photograph...you develop from the negatives!

I saw the quote 'Life is like a photograph...you develop from the negatives!' on someone's blog/twitter or some other online forum a few weeks ago. I immediately put it as my blackberry status as it was so fitting for how I was feeling at the time. I actually didn't plan to write about this today...I actually didn't plan to write about anything to be honest, I just hoped it'd just come to me when I signed in...

Before I went to bed this morning (no, that wasn't a typo, it really was this morning) and when I woke up later this morning (after very little sleep), I was still thinking what will my blog be about? What can I possibly write about, being one of the last ladies to blog, that hasn't already been covered. After several sips of my mint tea and a refill I decided on a topic. So, when the AA guy rang my buzzer and while I waited for him to manoeuvre the 12ton truck down a single car driveway trying not to hit the cars parked on either side of the road, I started to type up a draft in my phone. A few minutes later I was interrupted by the AA guys loud voice shouting "Sorry luv, I can't get the truck down the drive. Your looking at up to a 3hr wait for us to get a smaller truck out to you." GREAT! Just what I needed... So as I'm walking back inside I'm saying to myself, universe I know that there's obviously a reason for this...but 3 weeks ago my clutch went and then 2 weeks later I get in the car to find that it won't drive as the front and back wheel have seized, I've waited a week for the appointment at the garage, and all I want to do is get my poor Betty (the car) fixed. Part of me thought I really should have scrapped this car a long time ago, maybe I should just cancel the AA and do it now and save myself any more money/time/inconvenience etc.

So, fast forward an hour and the AA guy's back...the same one with the 12ton truck, but he's got a friend with him this time, an AA guy with a van...the same type of van that couldn't move the car last week... So I take a deep breath and ask what the plan is. They openly admit that they don't know but are willing to try, so I agree as I still have 2hrs wait time for the smaller truck. Mind going 100miles an hour, I switch off and just watch the 2 guys work together on what seemed an impossible task. And to my surprise, 30 minutes later, not only are they hoisting her onto the truck, they have provided a possible diagnosis and eliminated the main problem, by releasing the 2 wheels that were seized. So I start thinking, this was looking like it was going to be a bad day, and in a relatively short space of time it turned around. And it's pretty much like life, granted, it often isn't as quick, easy to solve or pain/stress free. But sometimes things get bad, sometimes a lot of negative things happen, sometimes when we're on the brink of giving up all that's needed is a little positivity/faith/belief to keep on going...and when we come out at the other end and it comes good, we can look back and say it was worth it, I learned and grew!!

So whether it's car trouble, work stress, uni/school pressure, relationship issues or just life in general that's getting you down...just remember that life is like a photograph and we develop from the negatives : )

Stay gifted & highly favoured!

Mel x