Night Owl Insights

"If there is meaning in life at all, there must be a meaning in suffering....Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete."
-Victor E. Frankl
I have officially discovered that I do my best writing late at night when no one can inturrupt my crazy thoughts running wild. This is why I like reading late at night, especially when my reading inspires insights like this one. When I came across this paragraph, I immediately knew I needed to write about it-- not so much for me (at the moment), but for a good friend.
This paragraph came out of a book written by a WWII concentration camp survivor. The book was given to me as a graduation present and although I wouldnt have read it had it not been given to me, I trust the person that gave it to me, so I'm reading it anyway. The book starts out with the most part of 80 pages describing the sufferings and thought processes of a prisoner in a concentration camp. These 80 pages are kind of hard to make it through. But when you reach a certain point, the writer starts talking about attitude and no matter what they were going through, there were always those who took it better than the rest because of their attitude.
The sufferings of these prisoners is beyond all comprehension by us outsiders. But then, all suffering of others cant be determined for sure. We all have trials that are the hardest thing for us individually at the time. Although this quote doesnt make the suffering any more fun, it makes it a little more worth going through. It seems almost impossible that your attitude could have much effect on your level of suffering, especially when its coming from an outside force, but I know that attitude has a great effect on not only how much you learn from the suffering, but maybe even your whole outlook on life. I know my suffering has been worth while only because of what I get out of it when all is said and done.
I was once told that my writing is very dismal (I know that wasnt the exact word choice, but I dont remember what the word choice was). So, as a favor to a friend I will stop the sad writing there and end with the happy news of my changing life. :)
Well my mother is happily, stressfully married now. The wedding was very stressful and very fun. Not only was she 45 minutes late, missing her own rehearsal, we had to pin the sleeves of her dress on. We started about 35 minutes late. I was yelled at a few times for running in 3 inch heels and almost falling. The reception and party that night were great and she had a great time seeing all her friends. She did not like everyone staring at her. I got mad and told her thats why she had a wedding like that. She said oh.
I have started looking for apartments and jobs in Salt Lake. I'll soon be leaving the nest and attempting to make it some-what on my own. I have already appointed friends to remind me to buy food and eat, and I will put an alarm in my phone to pay bills and do important things that are important to living. Hopefully I wont die.
Well my brain has hit the wall for the night. Hopefully it wont be too long before the next set of exciting news. With all these changes coming so quickly there doesnt seem to be much time to stop and think about the things going on. Happy reading and happy 4th of July.
May you make your suffering worth while. ;)
Good night and good luck.