-That's Life - Frank Sinatra

-Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) - Jay-Z

These songs are just so inspiring to me. I have listened to them hundreds of times, and they still have the same effects on me.

They remind me that, well.. That "shit happens" (did I really just say that? Am I really becoming more Australian? And did I really smile about this little tidbit?), and people get through things. Not only do people get though things, but they grow from things, they learn, and they prosper.

I have re-learnt how to feel, how to prevail.

I have re-learnt how to pick myself up, to stay strong in the face of fear and uncertainty.

I have learnt to regret nothing.

I have learnt how to appreciate pain, and to turn that pain into growth.