Life...

Life is a rollercoaster. 

Life is like a box of chocolates. 

Life is a bitch and then you die. 

Life is what you make it. 

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 

There are so many different quotes you can use to describe this existence we call life. 

When you're a child, no one can tell you what your life is going to be like. The challenges you will face. The loves you will find. The heartbreaks you will endure. The friends you will make along the way. The enemies who turn up in the unlikeliest of places. The eventual pain you will feel. 

Everyone always says life is short so you have to live every day as if it's your last. That the pain and challenges you face are what make you stronger. That life is what you ultimately make of it. That you choose the direction in which your life goes. 

But what if that's not true? What if all the challenges and pain and heartbreak, the love and happiness and achievements are merely preparing you for the next one?

I'm not a religious person; honestly I have no idea if there is a higher being watching us all. I believe in several aspects from several religions. 

I do, however, believe we live several lives and that once we die; we are reborn as a different person. I have no evidence to support this but let's face it - between living another life or rotting in the ground, I'd rather believe in the former. 

Of course we are very unlikely to ever know what lies beyond death. Maybe we do just rot in the ground. Maybe we are reborn and our actions in this life affect our next one. Maybe we don't die but get abducted by little green men. I have no idea.