July 22nd, 2008.
That was my last entry here.
Don’t take for a minute, though, that I haven’t thought about writing something else here. It’s just been difficult for me to just… open up on a public forum. Although, now I do believe I can rise to the challenge and do what’s been placed in front of me. That, and I think I now have some stuff to write about.
For once.
It’s Thanksgiving Break, and every college student is off to spend the holiday with the family. Well, almost everyone. But regardless, people are deserting their college towns for a day full of football, turkey, and more food to stuff into your stomach than you care to imagine. Some are simply going home; others are taking to the skies, like myself [I'm going to California] to see family. Either way, you’re getting the hell outta dodge for something a little better than where you are right now.
So, I ask you:
What are you thankful for?
Each year, someone will ask me what I am thankful for, or what causes me to want to get up every morning and go through the day. I think someones we can forget about the simple stuff, the roots of ourselves.
We get so wrapped up in the college life, when all we need to do is sit down and smell the flowers around us.
This Thanksgiving hits me a little different than the last one. Last year my dad and I were at home, enjoying a quiet day. We went to the neighbor’s house for dinner, but we just spent the day indoors, enjoying life.
And up to that point, it was something I had completely forgotten to do.
Enjoy Life.
I spend a lot of time at school doing a lot of work, tending to others, or simply staying busy. I never take the time and the energy to simply sit down and enjoy the hand that life has given me. Even right now as I write this, I’m listening to an online lecture for one of my classes. I’ve gotten so skilled at splitting my attention I can do it without knowledge of such. It’s not scary, but at the same token, it gets pretty insane.
To not enjoy life at its prime — a second-year college student — is almost blasphemy. Yet I do it, on a daily basis.
I never sit and enjoy life.
I’m too “busy”.
Today as I drove home, I faced a rather cold morning. So cold it drove my engine temperature down.
But, in that coldness rose a beauty I cannot explain. As I drove past the many fields leading to the interstate, I examined all the built-in beauty around us. At the same time, I also noticed how easy it is to not notice it.
I think it’s time to take a glance at life, and just take it for face value.
Enjoy Life.
Take care, as always….
[Lanier3000]
