do one thing every day that scares you
Listening to this Jimmy Eat World CD on the way up here yesterday got me thinking about how small we really are in the grand scheme of the entire world. Especially being one person in a school full of dedicated and motivated individuals, one can really fade into the background and get lost in the insanity. I know it's not a major revelation or anything, but it seems to be a thought I keep coming back to nonetheless. What makes me special?
I wonder why people work so hard to accomplish certain things. Each one of us is just like another stone on the path - thinking we have an important part in the whole until we are kicked aside and forgotten. And yes, the world carries on without us. So why bother trying to fulfill the places that are created for us? Or even the paths that we choose ourselves? I'm not saying we shouldn't each try to make a difference, but that our individual part hardly seems worth it. Life on earth goes on with or without me, and I really won't make that much of a difference anyway. Things are so easily replaced. Lives are not as important as we think. What makes it worthwhile?
This being my first post of the new year I feel like I should be saying something important and reflecting on the past year all nostalgic-like, or making resolutions for the upcoming one. However, I think that if there was something I needed to change I would do it regardless of the time of year. My 2007 was pretty great, but no better or worse than any other year. I definitely learned a lot, that's for sure. Yet a new time should mean a new perspective. Here's to trying new things, becoming a better person (whatever that means to me), and being optimistic...
I'd also like to get a few more friends at York so I'm not so lonely.
PS. You should really listen to this Jimmy Eat World CD - I don't know how, but it always gets me thinking.
I wonder why people work so hard to accomplish certain things. Each one of us is just like another stone on the path - thinking we have an important part in the whole until we are kicked aside and forgotten. And yes, the world carries on without us. So why bother trying to fulfill the places that are created for us? Or even the paths that we choose ourselves? I'm not saying we shouldn't each try to make a difference, but that our individual part hardly seems worth it. Life on earth goes on with or without me, and I really won't make that much of a difference anyway. Things are so easily replaced. Lives are not as important as we think. What makes it worthwhile?
This being my first post of the new year I feel like I should be saying something important and reflecting on the past year all nostalgic-like, or making resolutions for the upcoming one. However, I think that if there was something I needed to change I would do it regardless of the time of year. My 2007 was pretty great, but no better or worse than any other year. I definitely learned a lot, that's for sure. Yet a new time should mean a new perspective. Here's to trying new things, becoming a better person (whatever that means to me), and being optimistic...
I'd also like to get a few more friends at York so I'm not so lonely.
PS. You should really listen to this Jimmy Eat World CD - I don't know how, but it always gets me thinking.