Ok, so it was probably because I spent an amazing evening with some of the best friends in all the world on Saturday night, that I felt a slight downer the next day. Don't get me wrong, I was so happy in the morning; buzzing from the night before. But once you have had such a good weekend, especially one living with one of your best mates, you can't help but feel a little... blue when it's all over.
And this got me wondering, why was it that I felt blue? What was the actual reason? The answer I came up with was simple: I am insanely lucky, and I had no idea.
No seriously, it sounds cliche, but I really rely on my friends. To be honest, I think I rely on them more than they know. And to even have one friend I can always turn to, let alone the numerous wonderful people that surround me, it's just astonishing to me. After all the mistakes I've made, after all of the times I have let people down, even after all the times I have just made things complicated and awkward (please let's not count, the number keeps going up), my friends are still there. They are still with me.
And for that, I am not only insanely lucky, but insanely grateful.
I know people who won't keep in contact with their "friends" when they go to uni, but I genuinely hope and pray that I don't loose those around me now. God has provided me with wonderful people, and without realising it, they are all a credit to him.
If you have one friend who you can rely on, and who means the world to you, tell them. Let thm know you're grateful. You are insanely lucky too, and I bet you don't even realise it yet.
There was no Word of the Day today!! Bad times...
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Roll With It
Hey, so, here is what's on my mind today: change.
Yeah, pretty large topic. And I know it can seem a little, "teacherish" but, just roll with me OK?
You know how there are some people in all our lives who are older than us, wiser than us, and just generally there to give advice? Well, I met up with one such person the other day. There was a rather large topic that came up between us, and that was, yep you guessed it; change.
Now, you see the thing is, I'm not sure if I'm a fan of change? And I don't really mean the change that is happening to me and my friends simultaneaously. No, that kind of change I can deal with, because I create that change. I chose to go to sixth form. I chose to make the transition from GCSE to AS Level (a transition I've been warned about many a time!). I'm choosing to go to University and to study... well, that bit I haven't chosen yet! But all of that was my decision, yeah I had guidence, but ultimately it was I who made those choices. And while I am making those choices, so is everyone else, and that's great, because we can stumble and slide through them together!
That kind of change I'm cool with. It's the change that I have no control over that, let's be honest, annoys me! The kind of change that means so many people I have grown to know and love move away to different parts of the country. The kind of change that takes away people I don't feel I have had enough time with. The kind of change the moves away one of those people who I talked about at the start, the ones who are there for advice? The kind of change that makes me feel like I'm losing control....
And here's the kicker; I have no control! I never will! And it's not like I'm going to turn into this divine, ambrosial figure who will suddenly either have control, or be fine to let it all slip past without so much as a bat of her long lashes.
You want the second punchline; that's OK.
Change is going to happen, whether I like it or not. There's absolutely nothing I can do about it. We can either roll with the punches and benefit from it all, or sit back and resist the inevitable. I don't think the latter is a good option, do you? I guess at the end of the day, I just have to trust it all to someone who I believes knows what he's doing. Who knows, it may turn out to be ambrosial beneath the surface after all. :)
Word of the Day: ambrosial
Yeah, pretty large topic. And I know it can seem a little, "teacherish" but, just roll with me OK?
You know how there are some people in all our lives who are older than us, wiser than us, and just generally there to give advice? Well, I met up with one such person the other day. There was a rather large topic that came up between us, and that was, yep you guessed it; change.
Now, you see the thing is, I'm not sure if I'm a fan of change? And I don't really mean the change that is happening to me and my friends simultaneaously. No, that kind of change I can deal with, because I create that change. I chose to go to sixth form. I chose to make the transition from GCSE to AS Level (a transition I've been warned about many a time!). I'm choosing to go to University and to study... well, that bit I haven't chosen yet! But all of that was my decision, yeah I had guidence, but ultimately it was I who made those choices. And while I am making those choices, so is everyone else, and that's great, because we can stumble and slide through them together!
That kind of change I'm cool with. It's the change that I have no control over that, let's be honest, annoys me! The kind of change that means so many people I have grown to know and love move away to different parts of the country. The kind of change that takes away people I don't feel I have had enough time with. The kind of change the moves away one of those people who I talked about at the start, the ones who are there for advice? The kind of change that makes me feel like I'm losing control....
And here's the kicker; I have no control! I never will! And it's not like I'm going to turn into this divine, ambrosial figure who will suddenly either have control, or be fine to let it all slip past without so much as a bat of her long lashes.
You want the second punchline; that's OK.
Change is going to happen, whether I like it or not. There's absolutely nothing I can do about it. We can either roll with the punches and benefit from it all, or sit back and resist the inevitable. I don't think the latter is a good option, do you? I guess at the end of the day, I just have to trust it all to someone who I believes knows what he's doing. Who knows, it may turn out to be ambrosial beneath the surface after all. :)
Word of the Day: ambrosial
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Hello Blogspot :)
Well, here I am, finally creating a blog.
A good friend of mine encouraged me to create a blog, she said it would be, and I quote, an inspiration. Well, I'm not sure where she got that from. I can almost guarantee this won't be an inspiration! But I can do my best in other aspects.
Basically, all I want to do is write. I don't remember when I came across this revelation, but I know it's true for me now. I want to voice my thoughts, the kind of thoughts a lot of other teenagers my age are thinking, but just don't say! The kind of thoughts that so many don't know we have! I want to write little creative things that I come up with and don't know where to put. I want to fit Dictionary.com's word of the day into every blog I write! I want to somehow squeeze God into the mix. I want to make you think. I want to challenge you. Most of all, through it all, I want to do Him justice.
Maybe you won't understand what I write. Maybe my semantics won't be clear. Maybe it will only be through some strange kind of subaudition that you'll get it. Whatever, I don't mind. As long as it makes you think. :)
Well, that's a pretty hefty list! So I better get cracking!
Word of the Day: subaudition
A good friend of mine encouraged me to create a blog, she said it would be, and I quote, an inspiration. Well, I'm not sure where she got that from. I can almost guarantee this won't be an inspiration! But I can do my best in other aspects.
Basically, all I want to do is write. I don't remember when I came across this revelation, but I know it's true for me now. I want to voice my thoughts, the kind of thoughts a lot of other teenagers my age are thinking, but just don't say! The kind of thoughts that so many don't know we have! I want to write little creative things that I come up with and don't know where to put. I want to fit Dictionary.com's word of the day into every blog I write! I want to somehow squeeze God into the mix. I want to make you think. I want to challenge you. Most of all, through it all, I want to do Him justice.
Maybe you won't understand what I write. Maybe my semantics won't be clear. Maybe it will only be through some strange kind of subaudition that you'll get it. Whatever, I don't mind. As long as it makes you think. :)
Well, that's a pretty hefty list! So I better get cracking!
Word of the Day: subaudition
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