Smile! Today's a New Day :)

I have a new favorite place on campus. It's the student service center. They always have music playing, but it's low enough that it doesn't bother me when I study. I can come in here, pull out my laptop and chill while I'm waiting for class to start. It's very nice. That's where I am right now. Sitting at a table, should be reading for my next class, but instead, I felt like blogging.

I heard the best quote today. It said, "Although you may not have the best of everything, you can make the best of everything you have." Just thinking about that made me realize how lucky I am to be going to school, to have such a great family, and such wonderful friends. I am deciding right now to make the rest of this semester great. I'm going to try to be more friendly, positive, and give more compliments. We had an activity in my stress management class last night where half the class went around and wished everyone else "health and happiness." It brightened my mood considerably, and I would recommend it to anyone who has been feeling down. So reader, I wish you health and happiness. Now, go pass that message along to someone else who you either know or run into at random. It will brighten both your and their day.

Positive thought has been on my mind recently. I think that with enough positive thought, you really can get through difficult situations in life. I know I've been through plenty of them, and the best cure is thinking positively. It's easy to let reality catch up to you. Easy to get down. If you've been reading my posts recently, you'd realize I've had plenty of negative thoughts the past couple of weeks. Positivity (I don't know if that's actually a word) can really help improve your own and others' lives. And you may now know it at the moment, but even a smile can make the difference in someone's day.

This experience just came to my mind. Last year, I was walking to one of my classes, and this random guy comes up to me just says hello and starts walking with me. He's very friendly, and wishes me a good day. I've always wanted to do that to someone else. Just walk up to a stranger and be able to wish them happiness. I think that's going on my bucket list. But, this experience stuck with me. I really did have a better day just because someone was kind enough to speak with me on the crowded college campus.

I'm tired of being negative. Sometimes it brings about interesting topics of conversation, but positive interaction is better for the body. I don't really know if you cared to hear me discuss positive and negative moods, but that's just too bad. Smile! And have a lovely day!

Now go pass along the message :)

Memories...

As I look at my room, it is completely bare, except my bed, my computer, and a few scattered things on the floor. All the wall decorations are gone. The personality that has been so much a part of my life for the past 8 years... it's gone. Soon enough, the carpet will be replaced with a hard laminate flooring. My homemade desk will be replaced with a store-bought one. The blue ocean walls will soon become a tranquil green. And the ceiling will have the look of clouds. It will be the outdoors, but inside.

I'm actually really excited to have some change in my life, even if it is just redoing my room.
I was thinking about all of the changes happening in my house when I started thinking about all the changes that have been happening to me. I went through high school, made and lost friends, went to college... my life had its ups and its downs. Now, I'm graduated, I'm planning my future, and I need to be ready for whatever life throws at my doorstep.

For some odd reason, I started to think about the song, "Memory," from Cats. The memories from school started to flood over me. I remember one time sitting in my room with Tiffany, Jane, and Ashley as sophomores, discussing the most important topics of the day. I remember that someone opened my dresser drawers when I left the room for a minute, moved my books around, and started messing with little things they knew would make me mad. These were little pet peeves that now don't bother me.... as much.

Another memory just came to mind, and it was the first day of Success Academy. I was terrified. I hardly knew anyone in my class.... I'm not the best at making friends either. But, one girl in the class was sitting alone, and I sat next to her. Next thing I know, we became great friends, and from there, I became good friends with a lot of the other students in my class. We sure had a lot of fun in Success too... messing with the afternoon class, slacking off on homework until the last minute (well, I never did that, but I ended up helping those who did), our trips to Denny's, getting kicked out of class... I miss those times; the times that we were all together.

Oh how the memories keep flooding in...
I've had so many great times the past few years. I remember talking on the phone with good friends, a sleepover here and there, and listening to music while doing homework assignment after homework assignment... I've been stressed out, I've laughed, I've cried, I've lived through my teenage years and yet, I have a feeling that this is just the beginning...

I thought I knew everything to know about life. The truth is, I don't really know anything. Now, I know I have so much more to learn. I have so many more memories to create. A song just came on that I absolute love and it ... kinda fits... It has the word memory in it anyways. Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us." Good song, then again, all of his songs are excellent.

So many changes are happening. I knew they were coming, and I guess I'm excited, but at the same time, I can't help but wonder what will happen. Even though I'm staying at home, I plan on having a great college experience. Memories are good and so is change. "Remember the past, live in the present, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall... there is only now." One of my favorite quotes.

Anyways, I'm starting to ramble and this is becoming a really long post, so I think this will be the end.