Can you believe all these weird murders and deaths and bad tidings just washing up all over the world? Makes you really pause and agonise over what the world is coming to doesn't it? For 10 minutes at least.

Sometimes I stop and think, about my life and about changing, but then the days go by as normal and people forget. You started out thinking I have to appreciate and treasure what I have but you still lose your temper, you still forget to kiss goodbye in the morning before you leave for work and you still can't come off that high peg to apologise for all the hurt you have caused in the past.

Life is too short to spend it being angry and bitter and envious. If we love ourselves, love life and love the people around us for who they are, good or bad, even a short life will be a life well-lived.

Wouldn't you rather laugh and be beautiful than scowl and skulk? If you do the latter too much, trust me, pretty soon there'll be no one left around you to care!