How to Fall in Love... With Life. Cecelia Ahern

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       Glamour readers’ inspirational stories

      ‘The coach stopped and I woke up, tired and groggy from the long journey – a flight from London, a couple of nights in a run-down hostel, a day long coach journey through Germany and Italy. But when I stepped out of the coach and into the hot Roman sun, I realised it’s all been worth it. All the scrimping and saving for the last year has led me to here. I will never forget that moment I first saw the eternal city. Tourists bustling about, cars beeping whilst Vespas darted in and out of traffic, couples flirting with each other in the musical language of Italian. That’s when I realised, this is where I want to live for the rest of my life.’

      Taylor Jones

      ‘I had been studying law and languages at university but realised I wasn’t happy and began searching for something more meaningful. I signed up with a care agency and began a few shifts on a head injury rehab unit, where I met a young lad the same age as me, who had also been studying languages at Uni, but who had sustained a devastating head injury when he was hit by a car one evening. I will never forget the feeling I had when I suddenly understood how precious life is – and I still work with brain injury survivors, twenty one years later!’

      Alison Wright

      ‘The amazing feeling of seeing the outside world again after so many weeks of being trapped inside threatened to overwhelm me. Tears coursed down my cheeks as I gazed at the wonder of daffodils blooming in the weak spring sunlight, and the leaves beginning to bud on the previously bare trees. I had feared that I would never again breathe in the cool fresh Spring air or set my unsteady feet upon the moist earth. My experience in hospital with life threatening septicaemia had woken me up to how precious every moment of life is. And now I was on my way home to take my gorgeous children into my arms & make the most of every day that life still had to offer me. I would never again take life for granted.’

      Julie Ryder

      ‘I was diagnosed with cancer and spent two plus years in treatment, which caused a number of other problems - with a 3 year old, an unhelpful husband, no job, and no money I fell into depression and spiralled into a dark hole. I met a young girl also having treatment who was so upbeat – despite a terminal diagnosis – when I was on the mend. Her nature and love of life was infectious. Now I wake up and thank God for each new day – I may never be rich but I am truly happy.’

      Bernie Tyrrell

      ‘I was born in the city and always lived in towns or cities; I didn’t know any different, so I never realised it wasn’t the right environment for me to fall in love with life. One day a friend took me to the Yorkshire Dales and it was like a whole new world opening up. The skies are beautiful, the land is beautiful, you can see for miles, not just a small rectangle of sky between buildings and a ‘view’ over the park to the next block of houses and shops. I had no idea, just how wonderful it is to see and feel and smell fresh sights and sounds, space stretching out all around me. I fell in love and moved to the countryside, where I discovered new sights, sounds and smells and opened up all my senses to embrace every moment in life. The odd thing is that СКАЧАТЬ