Our life is made up of time; our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. We grab a few quick minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. We rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. And yet your time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could. In other words, if you could change anything, would you?
Cecelia AhernOnce again, I donโt quite know where Iโm headed Steph. It seems that every few years Iโm shoveling up the pieces of my life and starting from scratch all over. No matter what I do or how hard I try I canโt seem to reach the dizzy heights of happiness, success, and security, like so many people do. And Iโm not talking about becoming a millionaire and living happily ever after. I just mean reaching a point in my life that I can stop what Iโm doing, take a look around me, breathe a sigh of relief, and think โIโm where I want to be now.
Cecelia AhernDeep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, heโs a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors heโs a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, heโs someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with.
Cecelia AhernI had a million plans. I knew what I was going to do. I had the next few years of my life all figured out. But what I didnโt know was that within a few hours all those plans would change. Ms. Know-it-all didnโt quite know it all so much then.
Cecelia AhernYou gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.
Cecelia AhernI love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But itโs not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. Iโve met some great guys here, but I didnโt grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I donโt feel like they are real friends. I havenโt kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or laughed my heart out as their stomachs were pumped. Itโs kind of hard to beat that.
Cecelia Ahern