Awkwardness.....unexpected....yet, not disconcerting
I had a wonderful visit from one of my friends today and his group. It was nice having him here for just a little while. We talked of recent experiences and the excitement associated with the activities. It's good to know that someone i care about is actually having a positive encounter with life. It seems like more and more these days a lot of my friends have negative stories to tell. I dont know if it's a function of age, just a general embitterment that comes with growing up, or just a string of bad incidents. Either way, it was refreshing to hear of fun times and the adventurous tales of my friend and his "crazy" buddy. In a way I strongly envy my friend. The invdividual has been living life after high school much longer than I. No college to take up time (or fill the time you have with high amounts of stress). No butterflies over career choices. No struggles that come with being married. This person is free. They are emancipated from so many of the difficult facets of life. There is work and friends and family. There are activities to be performed at work and with family and with friends. It's simple. I'm not saying that their life is not free of hardship. Far from it. I'm just expressing my deep admiration for an existence that, on the surface, seem less complex than my own. I have no experience of life free from academic obligations. I do remember life before occupational obligations, but high school took up that time with extracirricular activities. I cant recall a time when I had ONE job to do and then the rest of the day was mine to do with as I wished. No homework, no projects, no stress over whether or not my work on the aforementioned was satisfactory to my own personal standards. So, in short, I salute you. May your life always be filled with the happiness in which you are currently enveloped.