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| I spent today enjoying my break, as I often do by sleeping in. I thought, rather than wake up early to publish my annual reaffirmation of thankfulness that I would wait and see what this day brought to me. I figured I could glean a little more about my favorite holiday by seeing how other people acted on it.
The food was good. The company was good. Being home was good. Overall, my experience today was good. I was happy to be home in a place that I felt safe. I realized, that there are lots of things that are good about being home, so I considered about writing about home, but that seems a bit to mushy (perhaps in a few years when I have thought more on it). The point is that there are many things that are good. There are also things that are not so good.
Here is a college student taking a shot in the dark: stress is not good; predicting where we are going to be in the future is usually not good; money is not good. There are many things that are not good because of how tired and uncomfortable things can be. Now, you're probably wondering exactly why I am thankful for things like stress, loans, and uncertain futures. I know that I have been struggling with a break that has been far from restful (it seems professors think they should assign a proportionate amount of work for the time that we are not in class this week). What I am thankful for is being able to know the difference. The ol' you can't see the light without the shadows argument.
I am very excited about things in the immediate future. This semester is almost over (I am infinitely thankful for this) and even though the coming few weeks are going to be hell, I realize that it will not last. This may be one of the only things that is pulling me through this semester. I am excited for new (more interesting, less labor intensive) classes. I am excited to get my license (hopefully). Even with the endless amounts of work I have yet to plough through over the next few days I am thankful that it will not be the end all.
I am also thankful for discovering my limits. I have written before that college is about discovering that you can't have it all. Now all I have to do is start learning how to let some of those things go (another not good) so that I can enjoy the things that I am passionate about more fully (this is a good).
I've just about hit the main things I realized today, so I'll do the short list. I'm thankful for my wonderful boyfriend, who has helped me endlessly this past year. I am thankful that time and distance is not goodbye, but I need to start getting in touch with people more often. I am thankful for homemade food. I am thankful for the opportunity to pursue the things I love.
I am thankful.
-Mike | | |
| Happy Thanksgiving, one and all.
I'm here once again to expound on the importance of living a day entirely in thanks. The fact that this actually has become an annual thing is a bit odd, coming from me who lacks consistency day to day, much less year to year.
Last night it dawned on me that I hadn't thought much about what I'm going to write about, and that was very late at night. So when I woke I set about the task, thinking in all that's happened in this past year what I am thankful for. Many of us have gone off to college, or continue to be away at college, so perhaps that is a starting place.
Living more or less on my own I've discovered that I'm incredibly fortunate to have chosen such a comfortable school to be doing it in. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to leave so much comfort behind though. The day to day regularity of seeing the same people and going the same places, I won't lie, I miss it terribly. I am quite glad however, knowing that I can and very often do stay in contact with those people. One of my greatest fears was that many would fall of the face of the earth, as often college students seem to do. Staying in touch has proven the least of my worries, which is grand.
The flip side that I am fortunate for is the wonderful people I have encountered at Nazareth. The list goes on and on to the number of people that I've met and already treat me like we've been hanging out for months on end. I'm typically reluctant when it comes to striking out on my own, and the way I'm taking things... I'd swear it's changing me. It will certainly take time to be perfectly on the same wavelength with many of the people that I've met, but still, a challenge is good.
Here's something I'm not usually thankful for, but am seeing in a new light. The past; I've long believed it defines who we are today. As partially true that may be, it doesn't need to be in a negative way. There's much to learn from our mistakes, much less our triumphs. There are people that I've left behind, but hope to meet them in a new way someday. They'll probably always be with me, one way or another.
As always, I'm thankful for music. Perhaps in a different light also, because now I get to write page after page about it and eat, breath and sleep it day to day. Cheers to being a music major.
Parents! To no end! I may probably never be able to comprehend how much they've done for me...
I'm learning day by day that there are choices that can be made instead of idling by and doing nothing. The phrase, "Get outside your comfort zone." comes to mind, but even that doesn't sum up the entirety of the thought. I'm thankful for the opportunity to makes mistakes every day. And not die from them, most of all. Life goes on.
This was a bit less focused than it usually is, but then again, I was to busy living thankfully instead of thinking it. I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their Thanksgiving, however they choose to celebrate it.
-Mike/
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| BHS Drama Club Presents Proudly
May 4th, 7 pm
May 5th, 7 pm
May 6th, 7 pm
@ the BHS Aud
Tickets are $5 and sold at the door, general seating.
Come see me get the beating of my life.
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| BHS Drama Club Presents...
No, you probably didn't see this one coming...
I'm not as mad as I could be, but it's all good because I get to do it next year at Naz.
Fin | | |
| The Fantasticks opens tomorrow!
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