I’ve been better and I’ve been worse in the last few months of
this new year
I have loved a beautiful girl
I’ve had experiences and felt emotions that I thought I would
never experience
I’m a lucky person for it, even though it’s now becoming a fleeting memory
It seems like the old saying is true after all, you end up
getting what you need in each moment, not necessarily what you want…
You know, the idea of blogging is new to me, but I’ve been practicing
the concept forever
I’ve been alive now for approximately +/- 8,395 days on
mother Earth
For those that stink at math, that implies I’m around 23
years old currently (24 in July of this year)
I won’t imply that I’m some kind of sage or wise monk, but I
have learned plenty in such short time and continue to learn new things daily
One trend I’m starting to pick up on is that, society’s best
tool for teaching life lessons is hardship and struggle
As hardship and struggle are core pillars of my very being
and continue to be one of the few things that’s consistent in life
Sometimes though this isn’t always a bad thing, as we as
people need to be broken down from time to time, to be reminded that the best
things in life we have to work hard to obtain and to keep, because we live in an
unforgiving world, an imperfect world and in general, a world defined by
struggle
Its only when we are at the brink, that we truly realize and
accept our faults and become willing to change and evolve as people
It is because of this universal constant that is struggle,
that I have learned to try and focus my energy on positivity rather than negativity
In other words, never beat yourself up too much when things
go wrong, the world we live in is going to do a good enough job of that
Instead, take the time to understand your mistakes, do your
best to mend your wrongs and take care to not repeat bad practices
You can’t control or stop everything from going awry, but
you can choose how you will let these negative moments affect you and you can also
prevent lots of additional unneeded grief
Being a shy, reserved and quiet child for most of my life
has made me into a pretty observant person
You can learn a lot about people, life and yourself if you
would every now and then just stop, listen and take in all that goes on around
you
I’m not one who wishes he could go back and change things,
as that’s totally fictional and is a waste of my energy, but I do wish I could have
told myself the following:
Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know or the road less traveled
Don’t go through the motions wondering what if…what if I had
given everything
Find a reason to smile and be happy, as that should be a
basic daily goal for everyone no matter your situation
Even if you have to tell yourself the worse jokes, make fun
of yourself, watch a funny movie, read a good book, unintentionally bash your
funny bone into a wall, look back at pictures from your past and realize just
how much of a confused, misguided geek you were, or listen to your favorite
positive music every morning on the way to work/school and/or when your
relaxing in bed after a long day
Put more effort into understanding your weaknesses, as Its
in your weakness where you will find who you really are and what you’re really
made of
So instead of covering them up, embrace them, work on them
and invest in yourself, you’ll be better for it
Additionally, the more social I become, the more I start to
realize that Im not so different from everyone else like I thought I was
We all have internal battles and issues that we have been
struggling with since our first breaths on the Earth
We all seem to have this artificial fear of being our true
selves in public, the feeling like we need to hide who we are to impress others
or to fit in
We all want to be loved, wanted, admired and valuable in
someone else’s eyes
We all want and need social interaction, it doesn’t matter
how shy or introverted you are…trust me I know
We all want to explore and be adventurous, it’s the natural
instincts of our ancestral past free flowing through our minds…a longing for self-discovery,
free roaming exploration and admiration of this beautiful planet that we live
on
Lastly, every now and then, when you start to feel lost and
defeated, zoom out above the clouds and take a thirty-thousand-foot view of
things and realize that there is so much more to life than the pain and
suffering you currently might be going through
It’s going to always be hard to stay positive, when there
are so many things trying to drag you down, but one thing I know for sure is
that, up to this point…life’s been pretty good to me.
