Ok, as I begin this post, I frankly have no idea where it's going to end up. Sooooo, here goes. Today began with the word "change" for me. I noticed that in the word "change" is the word "hang" and I realized that so often change feels like your life is hanging in the balance. Right now, my life feels like it's hanging in the balance. I'm on choir tour with my school, and things started off pretty well, but something today went out of whack. I'm...
Transition: that's what my life has been about it seems. From as early as I can remember, I have always had changes in my life. Sometimes they were small things like the variety of food on the dinner table. Other times, it was big things like parents divorcing or moving out from under my parents' roof. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to paint a bleak picture at all; I just am keenly aware of the rhythm of change in my life. It's funny: when I...
Lately, I've been consumed with looking up. Literally. Here's a picture for you. I think my obsession with looking up has some meaning to it. I'll get to that in a little bit. I've also been enjoying gazing at vast expanses such as this one. There's something inspiring about wide-open spaces—something freeing that beckons you to run wild and take ownership of and responsibility for all that you see. Maybe that's just me, maybe it's not. I've...
Okay. Spring break is over. It’s a sadness and relief wrapped up into one. Sadness that I couldn’t have more time to rest my mind from schoolwork and delve more into creativity. Relief that the semester is almost over and that my circumstances are continuing to change. I like this about life—things will always change, sometimes painfully slowly, but consistently nonetheless. This first week back after break has been fascinating so far. I...
Hey there! So, today felt brand new. This has been my fourth day on Spring break and, lest I become complacent, today came with a sudden change of pace. I had to leave the house actually because my mom was doing childcare. Anyhow, I decided to walk to the Bayside Church Cafe (because I don't have a car) and work on homework. So that's just what I did. I left the house at 9 AM and made it to church at 9:45. I even finished a whole paper while I...
I struggle from making mountains out of molehills. My natural tendency is to be overly emotional about the things that I think I need, and very jealous about the things that I don't have. It's kind of like my reactions to the weather today. When the sunlight is shining brightly, I feel at peace and productive. Then clouds come casting their shadow over me and I become unsettled and depressed. Huh, I guess that just means I'm human. I had a...
