Sep 18, 2009 14:40
Wow, the last few weeks have been interesting. Right now I'm so sore since I spent about five hours hiking through the nature preserve yesterday. Most people really never see most of the beautiful things up there, just as most people tend to take nature for granted. It's a fault of much of civilization, I feel. It's great being back at school and learning things. Just moving my life forward is fantastic, since I've felt stagnant for so long... even when I was in class before, I was just sort of going through the motions. I, like those of us who never appreciate what is around us, was too detached to realize what was valuable, and what wasn't. Really, it ended up putting things into a downward spiral that I'm thankful to have broken out of.
Right now, I'm just trying to surround myself with as many positive and forward-thinking people to help accelerate me through the next year. As of now, I've managed to find a few people, and hope to get closer to them. Get to know them better. I finally feel like I'm on the right path, and for the first time in many years, am comfortable in my own skin. It took a year to rediscover the path, since I strayed from it almost four years ago, but I'm back to me. I'm back on course to the top of the mountain, and even the strongest storm will only slow me slightly at this point.