My story is a story of change, of new beginnings, and a better perspective on life. I’ve always been a very stressed individual, worrying about anything from my health to my grades at school. During CEGEP and the beginning of university, school became so stressful for me that all I ever did was study, and the rest of the time, I spent crying or complaining about how I had no life and that all I ever did was study and how I hated school and couldn’t take it anymore. This would obviously cause problems with my relationships because it wasn’t fun for the people around me to always see me so unhappy.

Thankfully, I had an amazing boyfriend who encouraged me to continue studying hard because he knew I was able to make it through, that it would eventually be worth it, and that I would be able to do my dream job. I used to be such a pessimist. I would complain about the weather, about my work, how I was tired, complain about my pimples, complain that I didn’t like my body.. the list goes on and on. A couple of months ago, it got to a point where I became depressed because I would worry and stress so much about school that all I ever did was cry. I would constantly complain that my boyfriend was able to do lots of activities while I was stuck studying all the time. I was extremely negative about many aspects of my life and, therefore, kept attracting even more negative things into my life.

Long story short, through this negative period of my life, my boyfriend and I ended up breaking up. It was an extremely rough period for me because he is literally the love of my life. He is my partner in crime, my sunshine, the one who can always make me laugh and put a smile on my face no matter what. I was completely devastated after losing him.

Two months later, my grandfather, who I was extremely close to, passed away unexpectedly. Everything seemed so hard for me. I didn’t know who I was and where I was going anymore, and I kept wondering why life was making me go through such a rough time. Then, I realized that life brings you experiences that you need to go through, even if, at the time, you cannot see the reason why you are faced with these experiences.

I started reading The Magic and writing ten things I am grateful for every day. I also started reading The Power. I started giving love to everything around me. I started smiling at strangers and just sending love to everyone around me: to my family, to my friends, to objects that are important to me. I started writing lists of things I love about my life. And this is when I realized how blessed I am. My life had been so dull and boring in the past because I was not grateful. I did not appreciate what I had, therefore I was not allowing love into my life. The more you are grateful for the people who surround you, your health, your money, and your beautiful life, the better it will get, and the more good things you will attract into your life.

I also realized that as much as losing my boyfriend seemed so unfair at first, it was something I needed. I needed, after three and a half years in a relationship, to spend time alone and learn to love myself. Honestly, being alone has allowed me to learn who I am and to be able to love myself without requiring the approval of others. In the past three months, I’ve grown as a person more than I ever have in my whole life. I’ve become more appreciative of what I have and learned to balance school and my social life. I spend more time with my family and take the time to tell all the special people in my life how much I love them every day. I am grateful to be able to go to school and study something I love. I realize now that I needed this to happen in my life in order to grow as a person, that everything happens for a reason, and that if my boyfriend and I are meant to be together, the Universe will draw us back together when the time is right. May love and joy be with you forever!