"Kayleigh, if you didn't have bad luck you'd have no luck at all" a good friend recently told me.
As I stood earlier today, it was hard to argue this point.
After a long month of 18hr work days and very little sleep, I was excited to be going to the Bahamas to spend time with myself , reading, sunning, swimming and relaxing...
Apparently only I could go to a 3rd world country and start off my vacation by:
Losing my debit card(the 2nd one in that week( note to anyone planning to visit the bahamas, the locals do not take kindly to people who can't pay for their hotel room, they will make you sleep on the street!!! Thanks for saving me dad!),
Be bitten by a FISH while snorkeling in shark infested waters,
Be conned into paying for an expensive meal I did not order,
And contract a bacterial infection, all in a 4 days!
On returning to the safety of the USA, I find that someone has hacked into my bank account and taken out all my money. SA banks are closed, so that is another challenge for tomorrow.
The work day is done and the New York streets are a rat race of people leaving work.
I was walking back to the boat with my newly developed underwater shark pics in hand and I felt cold water from a leaky aircon drip onto my knee. When the sensation occured again I realised there was no dripping water, and that my pelvis has started to rotate again and was pressing on a nerve which is causing the feeling.
I felt angry with the world and was at a point of near meltdown right there on the sidewalk, when a rather rotund lady walked by me. She looked tired yet light on her feet, the energy she gave off was contagious as she happily sang to herself. I took a detour back to the boat just so I could walk inconspiciously behind her, I couldn't help but smile when she was near me.
I remembered a story Kristen had told me about how some people are like rays of sunshine, they are so radiant that everyone can share in their warmth.
There are days like today when I find it hard to smile and be positive. I am lonely, scared and feel like everything is a struggle. But when I think of my the people I love and the big man who watches over me, I believe I will wake up tomorrow with renewed strength, when hopefully I can be someones sunshine...maybe even a stranger on the sidewalk.
As my wise mummy has always told me, "little girl...as you sow, so you shall reap..."
