Food for Thought

Geez, I am seriously neglecting my duties as a blogger...shame on me. But really, I'm sorry it's been so long since I last posted anything. Let's change that.

I think I'd like to start off with a story today...

"The world is a silly, crazy, nonsensical place, isn't it?" Said the teacher one day. Lady in Blue had to admit, she agreed whole-heartedly. Not so much in a negative manner, but more in just agreeing that very few things made sense around her. Her confusion was growing with each and every day.

Lady in Blue came to this place, this place where everyone from 18 to 22, and then some older, came to   figure out what to do with the rest of their lives, and where they were going to go, and what they were going to be...a lot of pressure for someone who wasn't even around two decades ago. And most of the time spent at this..."cage" of sorts, was spent not on focusing on careers, but on very basic parts of the person. Like what they were interested in, and how they could make money doing it. If you haven't caught on yet, this cage is college. And Lady in Blue is me.

I spent the first five months of my college experience trying to convince myself that I had to know everything now and get started on being successful. What a load of bull that is. If anyone ever tries to tell you that, don't buy it. Sure, you should be proactive. Yes, you should be motivated and work hard and figure out what it is you like. But you don't have to plan your entire life out right now. Most of the time, what you started out doing isn't the same thing you will end up doing anyway. Life changes all of the time. It is crazy. It is nonsensical. My teacher was right.

So enjoy the days you have. Find those things that make you truly, purely happy. Stick with them. Find the people that you know you couldn't live without. Keep them around. And everything will work out. How can I know for sure? I can't. But I believe it. Everything will work out. Someone somewhere has a plan for me. I don't have to do this all alone.

Food for thought: There are 5 things that make me sincerely, truly happy every day I think about them. What makes you sincerely, truly happy? And why?