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It's funny how a long piece of wood can make the difference in how you see the world you live in. Recently I got into longboarding thanks to my best friend travis, he lent me his after we got back from california where half the time we went somewhere we were on boards. It's funny, you're young and you CANNOT wait to drive...now that i've been driving for almost 4 years it's nice to slow everything down and get a closer look at it all. I'm so lucky to live here, in lakewood. It's one of the most gorgeous places i've ever seen and i'm just now noticing it after having lived here for 14 years almost. Driving is fun, but it's too fast, you miss SO much when you're inside of a car, and that's another thing, you're IN side, not outside enjoying the world for what it really is, all the sights, smells and feelings. The wind dried out my eyes but it was okay because i teared a little at the sight of how beautiful it is out here, whether that was a natural reaction to the dryness or just because it was so beautiful, i don't care, it worked out well anyways. There came points where i realized "i don't really know how to stop on this thing" but then i thought and asked, "why would i want to stop this?" I know, I know kinda corney...but i really don't care, because the things that are most cliche are cliche because they are so true. I also just watched the movie American Beauty in one of my classes, that did help to put me in this mind set.
"Sometimes I feel like there's just so much beauty in the world that my heart just can't take it..." that's how i felt tonight, for the short half hour i was out there in dusk.
Another thing that helped was that i was listening to Explosions In The Sky, they really are musical geniuses, and i'm so glad a certain someone really got my attention on them. Thank You.
No matter what happens in the coming weeks, with school and living at home, i'm going to do my best to focus on what's beautiful and what this life is really about. I hope i can do it.
I love you all
Ben
"Sometimes I feel like there's just so much beauty in the world that my heart just can't take it..." that's how i felt tonight, for the short half hour i was out there in dusk.
Another thing that helped was that i was listening to Explosions In The Sky, they really are musical geniuses, and i'm so glad a certain someone really got my attention on them. Thank You.
No matter what happens in the coming weeks, with school and living at home, i'm going to do my best to focus on what's beautiful and what this life is really about. I hope i can do it.
I love you all
Ben