Ramblings
Lately I just feel that everyday has been a new and enlightening experience. Everyday, between expanding my mind in class, I feel like life is just whispering new, profound advice in my ear. God or whoever has decided to open my eyes to everything out there the world has to offer me and how to take advantage and learn from each of my experiences. Even my repetitive weekly schedule of working and going to school seems to teach me a new lesson. My job is basically a microcosm of many different people, lifestyles, politics, culture, language, and the list goes on and on. People probably wonder why I'm so passionate about where I work. I may not always have the greatest outlook on working at the diner, but I wouldn't want to work anywhere else at this point in my life. In the year and a half since I started working at Bridgeway Diner, I am almost fluent in another language, I've seen people hurt each other, make each other laugh, make each other cry, and be there for one another. I've gotten to know the hardships of people who did not grow up in this country and had to leave everything behind to make their lives better. People near my age who've had their entire worlds flipped upside down because their families could not support them. I see the lack of compassion we give to people who are working their tails off and have to go home only to wake up for the next 5 days to the same 10 hour shift. The amount of appreciation I have for my education has blown through the roof thanks to the kitchen staff. The fact that I have my two parents upstairs to talk to whenever I'm in need is such a wonderful blessing. I have a set of working legs and arms and a mind to utilize them with, but even more so , I have the OPPORTUNITY to reach a higher place. I have been given the tools to form relationships and share happiness with other people, despite our different backgrounds, despite our opposing opinions, and despite all of the unhappiness that all of us are somehow carrying on our backs.
It's all starting to make sense....I've written a bunch of entries similar to this one over the past couple of weeks, but I posted them all privately. I guess I've been feeling out to see if whether or not I'm really in this life thing for real. I am! For real. "Let the hurricane set in motion."
It's all starting to make sense....I've written a bunch of entries similar to this one over the past couple of weeks, but I posted them all privately. I guess I've been feeling out to see if whether or not I'm really in this life thing for real. I am! For real. "Let the hurricane set in motion."