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| i've moved!since harding (aka "big brother") has blocked xanga, i've revitalized my blogger account. i'd rather be on xanga, but i need somewhere to write, don't i?
be sure to check it out and follow me to my new blog!
also, if you haven't added me on facebook, you should. all my blog posts will be imported to facebook for your enjoyment.
my new home!
thanks! kevin.
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| standing.as another summer comes to a close and my whole life packed into boxes surrounding me, i look back on these past 3 months and smile.
this summer brought a lot of firsts: my first time working retail, my first relationship, my first step in becoming the person i was meant to be, my first time to encounter cops on an almost daily basis, my first time to spend an amazing weekend with my friends at the cabin and my first time to realize how much i'm really capable of doing. i'm glad this summer's coming to an end. i'm ready to close this chapter of my life characterized by really big highs and really bad lows. it's been a stomach churning summer, but i wouldn't trade it for anything.
i've grown a lot this summer and i'm not done yet.
there are some people this summer who have become really important to me: aimee, tara, taylor, abby, emily, denver, natalie and shermarco. these are friendships that, though they have been through good and bad, i wouldn't trade for anything. i become more and more convinced everyday that i have the best friends anyone could ever ask for in life.
i must say, i'm ready to get back to school where i'm nonstop and don't have time to think and overanalyze.
i look back on the past 3 months and with a sigh exclaim "what a ride!"
i'm not going to lie, i am a bit nostalgic. there are things about this summer i'm going to miss but life moves on. bigger and better things come to us. one door closed is another one opened.
so, here i am standing at the open door of my junior year taking one last longing look behind me at where i've been. before jumping in.
goodbye, summer.
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| waiting.we all wait. we spend an average of 6 months out of our life waiting at stop lights. we spend on average of 3 years waiting in lines. waiting is a part of our society, our way of life. we're always waiting.
whether we're waiting for a light to turn green, our turn at the front of the line or something else- we are all waiting on something. we may be waiting on a promotion, waiting on a wedding day, waiting on a phone call, waiting for a vacation or just waiting for our table to be ready at a restaurant- we're waiting.
some of us are waiting for things a bit more introspective. some of us are waiting to figure out who we are, to figure out what we're about, to figure out what we need in life. we may be waiting for life to happen. we may be waiting to get out of our present state.
me? i'm waiting to fly. to get out of here. i'm waiting for my dreams to come true. i'm waiting for life to get good and stay good. i'm waiting to float away, to get away, to run away. i'm waiting for my turn in line, my number to be called.
perhaps i'll be waiting forever. perhaps my wait won't be as long as i think. perhaps i'm waiting on something better. then again, maybe i'm just waiting.
maybe i'm just waiting for nothing. maybe i'm just waiting to pass the time- because i have nothing better to do.
then again, maybe not.
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| keep moving forwardwe must keep moving forward in life. we like to think of the "what used to be"'s, the "remember when"'s and the "good ol' days." the past determines where we've been and inevitably where we're bound to end up again. the present determines your future. this is the now, this is where you'll look back and recall in the future. at any time we are perfectly capable of determining our future.
our actions now determine our future.
sometimes we get stuck in a rut of the same cycle, but until we realize there is something we can do to break free of that cycle, we will continue to do the same things over and over again. we tend to keep ourselves comfortably planted in the past, where everything is known and familiar. we are a bit reluctant to deal with our present, where things are slightly more unsure. we are afraid to even consider our future and what we do not know.
if you dream hard enough today, your dreams will come true in the future. we must keep a strong sense of where we want to be and what we want to do. we must determine a sense of direction in the present to effect where we'll end up in the future. we must not be reluctant to dream of the future. even your wildest dreams can come true if only you take steps to make it happen today.
we must keep moving forward.
remember the past.
stay in the present.
look to the future.
i have a dream without direction.
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| today i resolvetoday i resolve to quit worrying as much and let life take its course
today i resolve to accept life brings and not fight it
today i resolve to stop being overdramatic
today i resolve to be a better friend
today i resolve to be a better son
today i resolve to be a better student
today i resolve to make amends
today i resolve to take the blame for my actions more
today i resolve to resign myself to God's will
today i resolve to overcome my difficulties
today i resolve to always do my best
today i resolve to listen more and talk less
today i resolve to grow and become the person i need to be
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