Patience is more than just a virtue. It’s the medicine to all issues. Waiting for people to realize things that you already realize is one of the hardest things to do on Earth. I continually find myself frustrated and pacing around my room in anxiety. Sometimes I just have to go outside and sit down and look at the world that is in front of me. Life isn’t a matter of rushing to find answers, but simply waiting for them to walk to you. All the answers to our questions are out in the world somewhere. We are always so eager to run and chase after them, when in reality, the majority of the time we just have to sit and wait. A lot of the time I feel like a 6 year old on Christmas Eve. I want Christmas Day to come so badly that I don’t enjoy Christmas Eve. The life I have is a miracle and a blessing. Appreciating it is all I will ever need to do. With time comes knowledge and wisdom. We can’t force things to happen when they are not ready. Carpe Diem
It’s amazing how much the notion of change is a constant in life. I think this especially hard to deal with in high school. Whether it’s the right people walking into your life, but not in the way you thought they would be or dealing with friends pulling away or watching people close to you become people they are not its a major factor to life. In the moment it is very difficult to swallow and digest, but in the scheme of things its just part of the journey. Change is a part of life because its a tool to figure out who we truly are. Our surroundings will constantly change and we are forced to realize what’s important inside of us. We have to hold onto our values and what makes us us. That’s why I try so hard to be constantly optimistic because I know that everything happens for a reason and that things will never cease to change. By putting one foot in front of the other I block myself from dwelling in the past and keep my eyes on the road to the future.
Sitting on the lifeguard tower at greenlake on a clear night could not have been a better decision. The sound of the water quietly splashing against the cement steps is as peaceful as anything. The moon casts a glimmering reflection on the deep dark water. A clear sky with prominent stars acts as a ceiling to this calm world. Life is beautiful. Even the old warped dock with rusty diving boards and shaky ladders offers an aestheticly pleasing display of natural beauty. I find my heart rate lowering and my breaths deepening. The world seems to slow down and all that matters now is the present. I feel no longer separated with nature but instead I feel apart of it. Another deep breath takes all the stress and strain away. My mind clears as the leaves on the trees rustle in the wind. I feel at peace. Once again I have walked into a state of tranquility and serenity by taking a mount to take a deep breath.
Albert Einstein once said that there are only two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. One way will result in a lot more smiles and laughter, I’ll tell you that. Celebrating and appreciating the little things in life is something I find myself doing constantly. During the summer I would wake up a little early and walk down to the golf course by my house and just sit on this one bench and watch the sun creep above the hills. There is something called the Golden Hour where right before the sun sets the light hits the world in such a way that everything looks gold. I would find myself taking my camera down to Greenlake or somewhere that overlooked the city and just sit there and take pictures. The little things like these are what make life worth it all. We spend so much time looking at the big picture and preparing for the future that we forgot to take a minute and appreciate what life brings us now.
To some sitting in a rustic gallery for a memorial service for a man that was a second father to you does not seem like the ideal way to start a weekend. For me its a little different. Life is full of surprises and tragedy. Its inevitable that people will die young and be taken from us before we are ready. This is okay though. This is okay because whether we understand it or not, everything in this life happens for a reason. Nothing occurs without meaning. Its something that us as humans often find hard to swallow. Death is just the next step that we are all reluctant to let our loved ones take. What we need to do is celebrate the life that they lived and be thankful that we were able to enjoy it with them. You were an absolutely amazing man, Berne and Im going to miss your face like hell. Rest in Peace and God Bless.
All you have in this life are your cries and your smiles. No one can ever take those from you. The saying that life is ten percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to is something I try to live my life by it. It makes sense that the only thing that is truly yours is you emotion. Its the one genuine thing that can never be stripped away from you. They are what makes us human. In my opinion there is no difference in worth of life between the sixty year old man with a smile the size of Texas and the multimillionaire oil tycoon that shares the same genuine happiness. Happiness is at the root of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. We live for happiness. Every single dream or goal any person makes is some form of happiness. Personal happiness is the only thing that we as humans should ever measure ourselves by. No matter how many people or how much money you surround yourself with and you can’t find happiness then you have failed. The other day I was asked by one of my friends for a religion class what I find most attractive in a girl and I answered with: her smile. Happiness is the most important goal to obtain in this life and should always be at the center of our dreams.
It’s amazing how frozen water can shut down an entire city. It seems that since we’ve been dealing with the concept of bad weather for millions of years that someone would be able to find a system to maneuver around it. But hey, I’m not complaining about missing a little school and spending the day sledding and watching movies instead of taking finals. Snow is kind of like your favorite comfy blanket. It covers everything and makes everything feel cozy. Last night when my power went out I stepped outside and sat down for a little while and just listened to the silence. Ironic isn’t it; listening to the silence. All i could hear was my own breathing and the soft pitter-patter of a squirrel frantically jutting across the snow sprinting for warmth. All I could do was smile. It’s moments like this where I feel content just being. Just the fact that I was alive and sitting in the snow brought an enormous amount of serenity. This sensation filled with so much peace and calm offers so much to the human psyche. In a life filled with so many fast-paced days and stress we often forget that there is a world out there that is ours to explore. So just take a moment once a day to look out your window and take a deep breath and thank God that you’re alive.
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