Three years ago I wrote about the end of a story. I have to admit that when it did not end, but added characters, and continued on I was upset. I thought about the connection I had with the show and the people that shared that time with me and wondered how I could continue watching it without feeling let down. At times I did feel let down but held on like any crazed fan would. Three years ago I lived through this show. I was Haley when she fell in love for the first time. I was Nathan when he screwed up. I was Brook when she didn't trust the good things that happened to her. And I was Mouth feeling like I would always be just the friend. I say "was" but I think I still am. I have watched as these characters have traveled through some of the worst and best moments anyone could live through and I have become stronger for it. I will keep this short as words can no longer express the gratitude I feel towards this show, for the laughs it brought me with friends during stressful times, for the tears I shared with no one wishing that life would get better and finding out it does, and for the words that remind me that the things I thought I lost are simply still around me in different forms.
There is a quote from the show that was given in an episode called Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace in 2009 and was repeated in the final episode in 2012. It has hung in my room, on my wall, and is now stuck to my computer. I read it often and feel the power that comes from the most unlikely of places. It reminds me to never lose sight of the things that make life wonderful and to always look to tomorrow when the world and people will surprise you.
Make a wish and place it in your heart.
Anything you want, everything you want.
Do you have it?
Good.
Now believe it can come true.
You never know where the next miracle is going to come from.
The next smile, the next wish come true.
But if you believe that it's right around the corner, and you open up your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the certainty of it, you just might get the thing you're wishing for.
The world is full of magic.
You just have to believe in it.
So make your wish.
Do you have it?
Good.
Now believe in it,
with all of your heart.
To Read What I Wrote Three Years Ago, Make A Wish!
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