Time waits for noone

I was watching the Bold & the Beautiful the other day, as I do every week day. Unlike some, I am entirely unafraid to admit I love the show and have done for 22 years. It was there for me like some new friend when I was first starting at the Conservatorium. I remember a young Brooke, Caroline, Stephanie and Eric, plus an almost impossibly handsome young Ridge and how glamourous it all seemed to me.

I guess back then, it didn't occur to me that these people, actors and their characters would be such a huge part of my life's timeline. As they grew and developed, so did I. Which brings me to my point of this blog. The episode I watched two days ago was probably the most poignant one I've ever seen. Brooke was lamenting to her nemesis Stephanie - who was in fine and unusual empathic mode towards Brooke - about how noone tells you that it all goes so quickly. I could almost feel it as though Katherine Kelly Lang was saying it herself, rather than just Brooke the character.

It is true you know. Life does go by so quickly. I'm feeling it too. I look back to my 20s and wonder how I survived. So young and innocent. While I was trying to survive, my dreams got left by the wayside, as I tried to figure out how to achieve them with circumstances against me.

A lot of it was about having fun and wasting my youth, but much of it was about little confidence and/or not really believing I deserved happiness.

With age comes an urgency to live life the way you want. You realise how precious it all is, how fleeting it all is, for the people you love, the ones you know, and most of all for yoursef.

So, I guess what I am trying to say is that life is short. If you have a passion, please follow it. Believe in yourself - even when others don't; trust in yourself - be your own guiding light - because you don't want to look back and wish you had.

I hope you all realise your dreams (if you have one), I hope you find love (if you want one), but most of all, I hope you'll be happy.

Anne-Lise
xo