What I'm Thankful For...

i dont need a day of the year to tell me to be thankful for anything. I wake up everyday and realize how thankful i am to know who i know and to be where i am. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Tomorrow i will wake up and be thankful for all the same things i am thankful for today.

Make the world beautiful for all to see.

i'd like not to be the problem, just maybe once... be the solution.

is that to hard to ask?

it wasn't something either of us said that night. but i drove home a different person. finally free of everything i held inside.

im free now. free to be and feel what i want. This isn't the end, just a new begining. one which will be alot better for the both of us.

i couldn't have asked for a better friend than you.

i feel as though i should be writing something. 21 is hard to explain. Physically i feel no different than i did before. I am not suddenly on set with joint problems and old man hood. However, when i think about how old i am, and honestly being able to say 21, it kinda freaks me out.

For the longest time 21 years old was it for me. It seemed as though life had stopped and started a new. where childhood met adulthood. i remember looking up at people who were 21 and thinking, wow, you've made it in life. Hell i even thought that when i was 20. It always seemed like people where on the hill going down towards thier goals, dreams, aspirations.

funny how that works really, seeing as im 21 now and feel as though my goals on where i want to be in life are pretty much coming to fruition. Am i happy? i am perfect. Do i know what i want to do the rest of my life? yes. Will my family and friends support me in whatever i do? yes, they are amazing. To be honest, i couldn't really ask for any more than i have right now.

first of all, "am i happy?": and i can say yes. I have perfect friends. Lauren and Krystle are more than i could ever ask for. Perfect friends, to replace the homogay who lives in Arksause. i don't really know how to explain how bad ass they are, but its pretty apparent by just spending more than 5 mins with either.

"Do i know what i want to do with my life?": i do. and that is to travel. i don't know how or where im going to do this, but i know i wont stop till i get there. My parents got me this book called "1000 places to visit before you die". Its glad to know that they acknowledge and are proud of my life choices. No, i won't be making 100,000 dollars a year. Im not going to be that star football player, or the CEO on the golfcourse chumming with clients. But who really gives a fuck. You can't put a price on things like these.

i don't really know if this is what i needed to say or not, or even what you wanted to hear,but this is what came out. Im glad to be here and alive and know the people that i do. Here's to another happy 21 years of life on this earth. My you and i live it to the best of our ability.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Sometimes we all just need a break. From a relationship, the physical world, or from the humdrum of everyday life. We drop it all to feel something new. we welcome that new feeling with open arms as we drop any and everything in our way.

in a way this is needed. Doing the same thing day in and day out is boring and uneventful. Poeple need to be entertained, its our human nature to venture forth and play in the rain when everything inside us tells us its not okay. only then can we really truely enjoy and know the warmth and comfort that the cozy fire inside offers.

however, this is no easy task. Often times people are left behind or hurt by your actions. Do not simply expect everyone or thing to be ok with you simply dropping everything and starting a new, if only for a day or week. Do not expect those you left behind to simply open thier arms when you return, as they have not made the same trip you have.

In the end, embrace change, but do not forget those you've met along the path of life. Bring them with you and don't simply blow by them or leave them hanging as you travel and make changes through life. One day you will figure out what you want, and when you get it, never let go, never second guess, and never trade it for the world.

so you want to change the world? then put a smile on someones face. Thats all it ever takes. Effecting someones life doesn't come with a job title. You can't major in life changing. Being there for someone is much greater than any 9-5 you could ever have. Bringing them up off the ground will impact thier life greater than any single dollar amount you could ever give.

From the tax accountant who saves someone from losing thier home, all the way down to the to the landscaper who does your yard work because you're to busy raising 3 kids by yourself did not chose thier job decription knowing they would change someone elses world. They do what they love, and inturn are able to affect others by thier outward good nature. Chances are they will never even know the true impact thier simple everyday job has on someone else. And in many ways great people do not expect any acknowledgement. Changing the world is not about self-gratification, its about bringing others to a new understanding of something.

So in the end how really do we change the world? Simply i propose by being ourselves and putting smiles on those faces you love best. on that note, smiles on faces of people whom you may never meet again, or anyone for that matter.

Life is to short to pass things by. Carpe Diem my friends. Seize your love, and inturn motivate those around you to strive to be something far beyond anyones expectation, and in the end, when all is said and done, you will have your changed world.

hello me.