Stand By Me

Hey there, stranger. It's been a while, I know, and I'm really really sorry!

My nights have been filled with study and essays and homework so, to demonstrate how busy I've been, I shall describe to you a typical scene of me studying:

Mid-day. Center screen, papers litter a messy desk. Light illuminates a solitary figure, hunched over a laptop, fingers blurring across the keyboard.

Lindy (with gusto): Finally! Introduction is finito! Time to analyse the movie. Aw mann, I forget what happened in it. Oh well, guess this means I'll have to re-watch it.. (goes on Facebook whilst waiting for video to load)

Enter Mum. Lindy quickly alt-tabs.

Mum: I heard you getting into bed at 4am last night. Doing homework so late?

--- Flashback to 3am that morning ---

Close-up of a discarded textbook, forgotten on the table. A guffaw is heard off-screen.

Camera zooms out to Lindy as she doubles over her laptop in laughter. The sound of beatboxing begins to emanate from the laptop speakers.

Barney Stinson (rapping to 'Stand by Me'): Won't you stand by me? Oh the remix, yeah! Never look upon, never fall upon. Yeah. Fall, call, ya'll.

--- End flashback ---

Lindy (furtively): Abso-gabi-tivi-lutely!

Mum (confused): Does that mean yes? You young kids and your "b-r-b" and "l-o-l". Alright then, l-o-l - lots of love! Work hard. See you tonight!

Mum exits. Black screen. Finito.

So that was a typical day in the exciting, studious life of Lindy. :)

I actually meant to post about my amazing experience canyoning the other week (a typical day in the life of adventurous Lindy). But then I realised something that we tend to forget about in the midst of our studious, adventurous lives.

Now-a-days, we're so busy with work or the internet or even writing up scenes about studying (guilty as charged) that we can lose sight of the most important part of our life...

Family. Friends. Loved ones.

These are probably the most important people in your life - there for you when you need a good laugh or a big, bear hug, there for you when you need advice or just there to listen and tell you when you're being ridiculous.

These are the people who will love you no matter what. They know your flaws. They've seen you at your worse possible moments e.g. lounging around with your dorkiest clothes on and your pants tucked into your socks (try it, it's super warm!).

Even in your darkest of hours, they will love you anyways and always.

Yet, sometimes, I know it's so, so easy to take them for granted. They'll always be there, right? They already know that we love them to bits, right?

So I just wanted to ask you guys: how often do you tell your Mum you love her? (Okay, I will admit I do this one quite often. Yes, I'm a Momma's Girl - and proud of it!) When was the last time you told your friends how amazing they are? How often do you think of the people who've selflessly supported you and truly thanked them?

I'm not saying you have to start spouting declarations of love and amazing-ness left, right and center. But, consider this:

What if the next time you say "bye" might be the last chance you will ever get?

You would take it, wouldn't you? You would jump up from the couch, run towards them in slow-motion and hug them for as long as possible, whispering "I love you" and "thank you thank you thank you" the whole time.

So this is to all the people who've stood by me - through all my ramblings, my flaws, my pants being tucked into my socks or even who just read this post:

To my Mummy - I love you so so unbelievably much. You do so much for me and have always been there for me. I know sometimes I may seem like I'm too busy but I want you to know that you are one of the people I care about so much that I would die for.

To my friends (both past and present) - You guys are probably the people who know me the best in this entire world. You know my flaws, yet you still love me for who I am and, for that, I am enormously thankful. I hope you know how important you all are to me, even if we barely talk now or if we've both been busy recently. Know that you guys are the reason I am able to look back on my life and say that I'm am truly lucky.

To anyone who reads this blog - I just want you to know how much you readers have taught and changed me. Bella and I started our blog as something small but it's turned into something so much more - it's shown us how amazing and encouraging people (that's you!) can be. So thank you all for helping us realise just how beautiful this world really is.

So, if you only read one thing in this entire post, read this:

There's someone out there who loves you
Who I'm sure you love very much too
So take the chance to say
"I love you, hooray!"
And happiness is sure to ensue. =)




Never forget, Happiness Equals Bracket =)