Life is what you make it

Life is what you make it.. a saying we all know and hear, but do we make it?
Do we shape our dreams and push outside our comfort zones and really reach for the stars.

For some the stars are light years away but even one step in the right direction today will get you closer than yesterday.

Life for this lovely woman, looked nice. Good job, married to her sweetheart, a dog and she genuinely enjoyed her life.
With the greatest of highs comes the lows. Loosing two people close to her in a matter of months a few years ago was a huge shock. Death reminds us all our time is limited and not to take anything for granted. It was the beginning of a major change for Amanda, it was the low that lead her to quit a good job, one she had loved as she deiced to work part time and study. Such a massive shake up to life as she knew it.

At the end of this year, Amanda will be the 1st person in her family to have a degree, she has put blood sweat and tears into each semester for the last few years to study nursing. She had planned a New York holiday and many other things, but a little itch to become a nurse took over when life reminded her you only get one go.

She took a risk, she ignored comfort zones and poured her heart into her study. Very soon she will achieve something pretty incredible. Something not all of us can say we have done. More than a piece of paper she followed her heart and pushed for her dreams.