9/3/2010

I'm just gonna jump to the point here. I feel like a lot of what I've been reading lately from friends, whether it be on blogs or over facebook, is about life situations that have been thought about too much to the point where they become an issue. Overanalyzation I feel is a big problem and I think that we let our minds defeat our joy and ultimately ourselves when we keep digging a deeper hole ya know? I also think that this type of action or reaction comes from us being reliant in some way on something, whether we know it or we don't. We start to believe that that one situation or that one person plays an incredible role in defining us when the fact of the matter is that we have free choice to control our aspirations and our dreams. And not to be too blunt, but if that situation or person is not lining up with who you are and what your heart is, then you have the right to let that situation or that person go. People, we have free will. You are the only one that controls your ability to feel happy or sad. Yes, outside factors do influence this but all in all, you have this power. Even when all of Job's family was taken away, the first thing he did was get down on his knees and worship God. He said something along the lines of, "I was naked when I came into this earth and I'll be naked when I leave." That's nuts, but at the same time he has his mind right ya know?

We battle our brains and our morals and our this and our that and sometimes we forget to live. We forget how precious a human life is. We forget how people look up to us. We get into this tunnel vision and we think we're trapped. This one guy at my orientation said something like this, "Life is 90 percent good and 10 percent crap, but a lot of the time we find that ten percent taking up 100 percent of our time." This is so true. I wish people could just see that there is so much more out there than what we can immediately encounter. If the guy or girl you're with doesn't line up with your heart then it's okay, you don't have to spend your life trying to change them. People are people regardless of which way you cut the cake. College has allowed me to observe this and it's really interesting how you start to just see things that you just don't want. And that's okay! I just feel like someone needs to hear this.

Case and point: whatever is going on with you or around you is life. Just life. Things happen, things come and they go. But don't let this one situation or person begin to change who you are. You are a prize, let your light shine true and allow yourself to be you. People may dig you or hate you for it, but give them the right to. Everyone doesn't have to like you, cause in the end only a few are even there for you anyways. Be strong and have faith, because whatever it is that is consuming you, God will bring you through.

Keep The Peace