(The duck says hello.)
As thrilling as the entirety of my life may be, these are the bullet points of my major discoveries:
1. Stopping and smelling the flowers. What's the point of life if I can't drive over a turbulent bump in the road, slip and splash into a gigantic puddle of mud, or marvel at the watercolor paint streaked across the sky just before the sun goes down? Maybe a cookie isn't that exciting in your world, but in mine it makes things a little brighter.
2. Doing one thing at a time. By "discovery," I really meant "trying to discover." I try to see that huge mountain of dishes as just a spoon there, a bowl here, and soon enough it's all done. This is much harder to put into practice when faced with mind-boggling homework assignments and college applications, but somehow it makes my life a little easier to focus on one assignment at a time and forget about the jumbled mess still on the floor.
3. Loving for real. I don't mean the fluttering butterflies or screaming "I LOVE YOU!" to a best friend; I mean desiring the best for someone even if it costs everything. I mean showing a friend love through whatever they need. I mean seeing people through God's eyes, knowing that though they may be a monstrous pain at times, they have a grandiose purpose, too.
That's who I am--who I'm trying to be, at any rate. Maybe one day I'll be good at it.
Look! Duck! How exciting!
Hey Mary-- how delightful to read your writing again. Your writing voice makes me happy. I look forward to getting a full dose of it during AP Comp.
ReplyDeleteKeep posting, and keep following your classmates' blogs. To do so, go to the comments on my first blog post and start checking out what everyone is up to.