Holiday Greetings and a flash from the past
Hey all,
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Channukah! I know not everyone celebrates it but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have a wonderful time during those 8 days.
Also, today I was going through my LJ entries from the beginning of freshman year, it was nice, and kinda sad. It made me miss the person I used to be. But anyway, I was reading a post I had written way back when and I thought it might be something to repost. A moment of clarity, that I feel I need to revisit.
" Right now I am so grateful that I have such an amazing group of people to surround myself with.
Normally you don't think about these kinds of things, just like you never think about how lucky you are to have a healthy body until it fails you, people rarely look around and feel truly grateful for their friends. But I just thought about what's happened to me today and realize that if it hadn't been for the people around me, I would have had a spectacularly crappy day.
I woke up late and nearly freaked out at the amount of Computer homework I needed to catch up on - but I got a call to join everyone at lunch, and scheduled a 'work session' with Alex.
I didn't get a single call back - Neither did Jess and we got to gripe about it, and Aaron got three - Go Aaron!
I got called a 'man-eater' for deciding to get out of a dead-end relationship - I got reassurance and offers to 'beat up' the person who said it from my friends - (which were declined because no matter how hurtful, it was not meant maliciously)
I fell on my ass, skinned my knee, and tore my jeans - I was offered concern, a hand up, and a great chance to laugh at myself.
For every unpleasant aspect of my day there was at least one person there to keep me up.
Today could have been so bad, but instead it was amazing, and chances are if you're reading this, it's because you were around.
So, thanks."
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Channukah! I know not everyone celebrates it but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have a wonderful time during those 8 days.
Also, today I was going through my LJ entries from the beginning of freshman year, it was nice, and kinda sad. It made me miss the person I used to be. But anyway, I was reading a post I had written way back when and I thought it might be something to repost. A moment of clarity, that I feel I need to revisit.
" Right now I am so grateful that I have such an amazing group of people to surround myself with.
Normally you don't think about these kinds of things, just like you never think about how lucky you are to have a healthy body until it fails you, people rarely look around and feel truly grateful for their friends. But I just thought about what's happened to me today and realize that if it hadn't been for the people around me, I would have had a spectacularly crappy day.
I woke up late and nearly freaked out at the amount of Computer homework I needed to catch up on - but I got a call to join everyone at lunch, and scheduled a 'work session' with Alex.
I didn't get a single call back - Neither did Jess and we got to gripe about it, and Aaron got three - Go Aaron!
I got called a 'man-eater' for deciding to get out of a dead-end relationship - I got reassurance and offers to 'beat up' the person who said it from my friends - (which were declined because no matter how hurtful, it was not meant maliciously)
I fell on my ass, skinned my knee, and tore my jeans - I was offered concern, a hand up, and a great chance to laugh at myself.
For every unpleasant aspect of my day there was at least one person there to keep me up.
Today could have been so bad, but instead it was amazing, and chances are if you're reading this, it's because you were around.
So, thanks."