Life is a journey and begins once your born. I believe we are all here for a reason. Have you ever said to yourself, "why was I born" ? I use to a lot when I was young. I don't have many good childhood memories. I don't believe that when we die its all over, I just can't believe that. The life we are born to live is a journey. A journey that is all about learning how to love and forgive and to have faith.. Everyone on this planet is here to live and learn, no matter who you are or what you do. Every person I know has something to learn. Whether it is to learn how to forgive, be patient, caring, loving, be gentle, understanding, be accepting, helpful, honest, be a friend, mother or father, brother or sister, there is so much we need to learn and keep learning. We are born perfect but we change and become a victim of our environment. In other words, when you are born & you grow up to parents that fight and argue all the time, the home life that is suppose to be loving, calming, is full of anger. Since your life was about anger, you will need to learn how to love, be caring, understanding and many other issues that you were deprived of because your parents only knew how to fight when you were growing up. Then there are families that care more about making lots of money then being a parent to there children. How about the parent that just lost there child in a car accident because of a drunk driver, although the drunk driver did not plan on waking up that day to cause an accident. That parent will more then likely not forgive the driver and become bitter towards life. Believe it or not but to forgive (not forget) the driver only helps you to heal and  move forward with your life and maybe be able to help this world with so many drunk drivers in a good way. What about that neighbor who is racist. He needs to learn to accept all people. Where I live, my neighbors are all about themselves. I use to shovel my drive way by hand because I could not afford a snow blower. My neighbors had one but I didn't. Every time it snowed I would take a pain pill, for my back, and shovel by hand and I would be watching my neighbors using there snow blower. When they would start to snow blow the sidewalk they would stop at my property. I couldn't believe it, but I got use to it. Finally I bought a snow blower, but mine was bigger and better and was able to handle any amount of snow. The summer that I bought the snow blower the following winter we had a terrible snow storm and I started the snow blower and when I finished doing my driveway and walkway with no problem, I went down a couple house to help a neighbor that was struggling with the snow by hand and I felt so good that I was able to be helpful while the other neighbors watched me help. I say shame on you other neighbors for being so heartless. Here, I have neighbors that need to learn how to be helpful. I can go on and on with examples of why we need to learn. Because of all the issues we are faced with everyday of our lives, its difficult to stop and think about what you need to learn in order to be a better person. Life is not suppose to be easy. Everyday there is something to learn. As long as you can learn from some of these terrible issues that occur in your life , then these issues are no longer terrible but you begin to be thankful because of what you learned from them. Living is about learning and accepting. Once you learn and accept your life for what it is, it becomes easier to love and forgive. Learning and accepting your life for the way it is, is not easy to do for some people. Some can do it on there own, while others need help from family and friends or from a professional. I myself like reading books to help me with certain situations that occur. Lets not forget religion. It doesn't matter how you get yourself to learn and accept your life as it is. Once you begin the process of learning and accepting, you will feel lighter and happier. No ones life style is signed and sealed. Everyone can change what they don't like about themselves as long as the change is from learning and for the better. All I can say is that my personal life was not easy, it was hard, lonely, I don't have many good memories from my younger days but I will say this, I don't regret anything that has happened to me in anyway. I have learned a lot about people, I have forgiven everyone because each experience I had, I learned something from them. I also want to thank God for being by my side and protecting me throughout my life. You only have one life to live, why be unhappy.