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I was watching a movie today and I heard this really amazing quote: "The heart does things for reasons that reason cannot understand." It's weird, because that quote is so true, especially for me. I find myself not thinking things through sometimes before I act upon them, because of what I feel in my heart. I probably shouldn't do that all the time, but do you ever feel that something is just pulling you towards something else? And you can't explain it, you just know that it's right. And maybe it isn't always realistic, but you know you have to trust what's inside of your heart, have faith in God, and just go with it. That might sound crazy, and well, it probably is. But sometimes I wonder why some things happen, if you're meant to cross paths with a person for a reason, why you can't get something out of your head, or if God is guiding you towards something else.
I've just been doing a lot of thinking & writing lately. It's so weird, I feel like I have grown and changed so much after just one vacation. Is that even possible? Because I feel like before I left, I was more shy, stuck in some high school mindset, and not looking at the bigger picture. But now, I feel like I have matured in so many ways, and I'm ready to take on the challenges of life. I've always been content with who I am, especially the fact that my friends and I don't drink, smoke, or do other not so good things. I like that we have good morals, and would rather watch disney movies and play board games than go out and party. We're different in a sense, and I woluldn't change it for the world; all I'm saying is that in high school it was harder to find people with the same outlook. For example, in Disney Erica and I could talk to literally people of all ages... well except guys our age haha. But no really, we could talk to little kids, and hold intellectual conversations with adults. We could act like adults in the sense that we went on vacation by ourselves, managed our money, took care of ourselves, and met new people. Yet we could act like kids by taking random pictures, playing around at MGM in giant playsets, and goofing off. I mean come on, we went to DISNEY for our senior trip =)I guess I've realized lately that there actually are people out there that act like us too.
I'm excited to grow and meet new people at college. I'm ready to leave home, even though I will miss my parents terribly, and to start my life as a young adult. I'm ready for bigger and better things, and I can't wait to see what life has in store for me. I can't wait to see my future unfold; I just know it will be exciting yet unpredictable at the same time.
There's another line from a song that I really like too. "Destinations, undicovered, revelations from every choice we make." (if anyone can guess what song that is I'll be amazed.) That is so unbelievably true. Because you never know what is going to happen, or where God will lead you. And through every choice you make, you realize something else about yourself and grow as a person. Every action has a consequence, and those realizations help us grow to become who we are. Sometimes one choice leads us to another, and to another, and eventually to where you are suppossed to be. And then you look back and realize that if you hadn't done everything, you wouldn't be where you are. I love when that happens, when you do something out of the ordinary and it ends up leading you somewhere even better. All because you took a chance. That's the greatest. And that leads right back to where I started: trust your heart, follow your instincts, and pray that God will guide you. Don't sweat the small stuff, and love the life you live. And it'll all work out eventually, somehow...someway.
To conclude I'm going to quote Beauty & the Beast, because those song lyrics fit my life perfectly right now...
"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I wan't it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand... I wan't so much more than they've got planned..."
I've just been doing a lot of thinking & writing lately. It's so weird, I feel like I have grown and changed so much after just one vacation. Is that even possible? Because I feel like before I left, I was more shy, stuck in some high school mindset, and not looking at the bigger picture. But now, I feel like I have matured in so many ways, and I'm ready to take on the challenges of life. I've always been content with who I am, especially the fact that my friends and I don't drink, smoke, or do other not so good things. I like that we have good morals, and would rather watch disney movies and play board games than go out and party. We're different in a sense, and I woluldn't change it for the world; all I'm saying is that in high school it was harder to find people with the same outlook. For example, in Disney Erica and I could talk to literally people of all ages... well except guys our age haha. But no really, we could talk to little kids, and hold intellectual conversations with adults. We could act like adults in the sense that we went on vacation by ourselves, managed our money, took care of ourselves, and met new people. Yet we could act like kids by taking random pictures, playing around at MGM in giant playsets, and goofing off. I mean come on, we went to DISNEY for our senior trip =)I guess I've realized lately that there actually are people out there that act like us too.
I'm excited to grow and meet new people at college. I'm ready to leave home, even though I will miss my parents terribly, and to start my life as a young adult. I'm ready for bigger and better things, and I can't wait to see what life has in store for me. I can't wait to see my future unfold; I just know it will be exciting yet unpredictable at the same time.
There's another line from a song that I really like too. "Destinations, undicovered, revelations from every choice we make." (if anyone can guess what song that is I'll be amazed.) That is so unbelievably true. Because you never know what is going to happen, or where God will lead you. And through every choice you make, you realize something else about yourself and grow as a person. Every action has a consequence, and those realizations help us grow to become who we are. Sometimes one choice leads us to another, and to another, and eventually to where you are suppossed to be. And then you look back and realize that if you hadn't done everything, you wouldn't be where you are. I love when that happens, when you do something out of the ordinary and it ends up leading you somewhere even better. All because you took a chance. That's the greatest. And that leads right back to where I started: trust your heart, follow your instincts, and pray that God will guide you. Don't sweat the small stuff, and love the life you live. And it'll all work out eventually, somehow...someway.
To conclude I'm going to quote Beauty & the Beast, because those song lyrics fit my life perfectly right now...
"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I wan't it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand, to have someone understand... I wan't so much more than they've got planned..."