Fragility of Life

It scares me sometimes how we are all so vulnerable.  
At any minute of any day someone could decide to change our lives completely for us, for the better, or worse. We have no control over their decision either. Even at night while we sleep, all that’s protecting us from the outside world and inhabitants is a wall, a door, a window. Everything is so precious and delicate, our lives being the most delicate of all. Sometimes I find it hard to wrap my head around this fact.

Other times, and in too many cases, it’s not even other people that end up dramatically changing our lives for the worst, it is ourselves. Our own bodies seem to turn against us, not realising that our body and mind should be on the same team. Our cells, the same cells that make up everything in our body, have the power to change our lives. One mutation, two mutations, thirteen, one hundred could mean that our death sentence is written by our own hand, signed and dated. We all talk about Cancer being the killer, like it’s someone we don’t know but yet someone whom everyone is familiar with.  But cancer is the name given to those mutated cells, the parts of your body that have turned against you. This seems the most unfair of all, to have your own body betray you. What protects you from yourself?

There is so much that happens us in this life that is completely out of our own control. It’s hard to comprehend that we are given this life, but ultimately have such little control over it. Yes I can make decisions myself that will change my life, but there’s only so much you can decide on before Fate or God or Allah or whoever it may be intervenes to obscure the path that you had decided on. Then what is life? A test? Survival? I’m of the opinion that life is for living not just surviving, but it sometimes overwhelms me all the options and chances and difficulties and joys that we have to experience in our lives. 

Do you ever know if you are doing things right?


Rebecca x

The Beginning

Hello all!
Because this is a personal blog, or lifestyle blog, or whatever you'd like to call it yourself, I found it hard to figure out what kind of topics to start off talking about for my first few posts. As in, I didn't want to start harping on about my deepest darkest thoughts (that's a joke those will never be revealed) or opinions straight away because basically I don't want to scare/offend people.
Sooo on that pessimistic note I decided to just talk about "where I'm at" right now, because this is the beginning, or the starting point of my blog. But don't take the "where I am" thing too literally 'cause I'm currently in my bed writing this, feeling a but queasy cause I just ate an Easter egg that has been waiting in my room for me for 3 weeks, while taking a break from the mountain of washing and ironing and general cleaning that I have to do since moving back home from college. Which leads nicely into the biggest thing that signifies where I am right now; I just finished my first year of college.
Firstly: I don't know where the year went at all! (Is that a real Irish thing to say?)
Secondly: I now know that I don't need to bring every stitch of clothing back up with me next year because it really isn't all the hauling around (and present washing/ironing that was aforementioned)
Thirdly: But really where did the year go?

I'm studying at NUI Galway and I have irrevocably fallen head over heals in love with the city. It has such a beautiful landscape, and such an electric atmosphere that it's hard not to like it. I'm so glad I chose it, I wouldn't change it for the world, and I am truly looking forward to my next 2 years of education there. Also of course actually learning more about the worlds of Philosophy and English, the reason I'm there in the first place (oops nearly forgot). It has a brilliant nightlife, and there's always something to see or do.

You learn a lot in college, as I have discovered, general things and academic things (hopefully) as well as things about yourself, and I feel grateful that I have the opportunity to actually achieve an education, as many people don't. I've made so many fantastic friends throughout the year (you know who you are) and I've loved being more independent and standing on my own two feet. You finally get that feeling that you are stepping out into the world, it really is a massive life change, in a positive way!

So, anyway, before I start ranting about college mishaps (mainly the ugly accommodation that I experienced this year - that's a whole other "moldy" post, actually "moldy damp" post) I am going to go and move through another pile of washing (all of which needs to be done because my clothes all reek of damp FROM the ugly overpriced accommodation).

Like I said it's still tricky to figure out what to talk about in these early days, so you seem to just be getting some random thoughts about my life it seems. I will have better structure on my posts once I've gotten used to this whole ordeal haha.

If you managed to make it to the end of this post fair play, and thank you for reading.

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Until next time,

Rebecca x

Greetings Earthlings

Hi everyone! Rebecca here, shouting out into the blogging void hoping to try find some sort of (online) voice. I'm 19 years young and a student, (English and Philosophy in case you're wondering) in Ireland. 
I've been tempted to start blogging for awhile now, and spreading my words, opinions and thoughts further into the universe instead of having them stack up in the various journals and notebooks that are scattered around the four corners of my room (and also which people are forbidden from reading). I'm not really sure what kind of label/description I should really be putting on this. As you can see from the name, my main aim in life is to simply "Seek Endless Wonder", through various ways and means. I want to see and experience lots of things this wonderful world has to offer. So this will probably be filled with various musings, random thoughts, some photos, travel aspirations and experiences and different things about life in general. That is once I figure out how to actually 'blog' efficiently!

Hopefully you won't all be bored to tears either!

Ciao, 

Rebecca x