clarity
i have these moments of clarity sometimes, where i realize who i am just for a second. i realize what i love about myself and who i am ... and for that second i am so content and so perplexed.
everyone around me is in a whirlwind of trying to graduate, getting all the work done, going to grad school or moving on with life. we all complain that we have too much work, "hell week," "i have TOO much to do," it's all true and it's all complicated and no one should feel guilty about feeling stressed, it's a stressful time, but we brought it on ourselves, we shouldn't be surprised and we should take it on as it's meant to be taken on ... with gusto!
this is a time to enjoy, to sit and think about what we're going through, the final push, the push to finish sixteen years of school kids. for some more, for others less. it's something to feel proud of even though we're not done yet. we're all going to finish, we're all going to make it, we're going to get the diploma no matter how we go about it.
i think we all need to stop complaining and just get to it. do what we need to do and praise each other for being productive, not sink into the hole of my story is worse than yours, that gets nothing accomplished.
i'm proud of myself. i'm graduating on time and i've earned a great education. through all the bumps and bruises and scars and tears i'm doing it. it's not a question of whether or not any of us can do it, because we are doing it. we've done it.
now, when i forget about this entry next week when i have "way too much to do," someone make sure they remind me ...
m
if the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
or the mountains should crumble to the sea
i won't cry
i won't cry
no i won't shed a tear
just as long
as you stand
stand by me
everyone around me is in a whirlwind of trying to graduate, getting all the work done, going to grad school or moving on with life. we all complain that we have too much work, "hell week," "i have TOO much to do," it's all true and it's all complicated and no one should feel guilty about feeling stressed, it's a stressful time, but we brought it on ourselves, we shouldn't be surprised and we should take it on as it's meant to be taken on ... with gusto!
this is a time to enjoy, to sit and think about what we're going through, the final push, the push to finish sixteen years of school kids. for some more, for others less. it's something to feel proud of even though we're not done yet. we're all going to finish, we're all going to make it, we're going to get the diploma no matter how we go about it.
i think we all need to stop complaining and just get to it. do what we need to do and praise each other for being productive, not sink into the hole of my story is worse than yours, that gets nothing accomplished.
i'm proud of myself. i'm graduating on time and i've earned a great education. through all the bumps and bruises and scars and tears i'm doing it. it's not a question of whether or not any of us can do it, because we are doing it. we've done it.
now, when i forget about this entry next week when i have "way too much to do," someone make sure they remind me ...
m
if the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
or the mountains should crumble to the sea
i won't cry
i won't cry
no i won't shed a tear
just as long
as you stand
stand by me