So...school, friends, and new adventures, something I seem to have a lot of these days, all of which seems to be a blessing -whether in disguise or not.
Its a Wednesday, a beautiful day that started with a hectic morning, but looking out the window in the computer lab I thought I'd stop, take a breath, and fill in everyone on my adventures of past, present, and future (though those plans are not yet finalized nor will they ever be).
This last weekend one of my amazing friends came up to visit in the gorgeous city of Bellingham. Now when I say she came up, I don't mean a 2 hour drive, or a day up and back; I mean she flew in from Arizona and stayed with me for 4 days....some of the 4 best days I can remember.
Now that she's gone it all kind of seems a blur, maybe a dream, but my abs are still sore from laughing, and my cheeks still tender from smiling, and my heart still soaring from our time together. I think this weekend proved what it means to have a beautiful friendship with beautiful people. Her and I pick up where we left off, no matter where we left, and fill each others ears with stories and laughter. I realize that sometimes life may be rough, but when you know someone will be there to catch you when you fall....or at least help you up, falling doesn't seem that bad.
You know how people ask you how you would summarize your personality, or summarize what is important to you, well this weekend I think I came up with that summary. Here it is:
People over Time.
Yup, that's it, seems simple doesn't it? But I have found out through personal expeirance and expierances to others that I have been present for, it's not.
The summary means simply this: that no matter the situation or prior plan, no matter the inconvenient nature and the distance it takes, I will choose people over time. I will stop to say hi even if that means I'm late to class; because the smile on there face and the positivity in their day means more to me.
We wake up to the alarm of our phone, only to check our phone for calls, texts, emails, posts, tweets, and whatever else we have our phones synced to....
and from the moment we wake up, walk out the door, drive to school (work or any other destination), get out of the car, and walk into the building, we can't seem to pry the phones out of our sticky little hands long enough to wave and send a morning greeting (unless that greeting be by text).
What has our lives come to? SO....if I miss a class to help a friend or cancel my appointments because someone needs my presence- then so be it. It won't make me fail, in fact it won't even make my success waiver, but it will help someone else, and they will remember. SO take that world.... ready or not, here I come.
So I read it once...and then again....and just stopped to think. How am I feeling? And my answer: excited. If this wasn't meant to be, which it clearly wasn't...there is something more amazing lying ahead. In my interview we talked about how moments of uncomfortable nature tend to lead to transformation within a person. Coming to the immediate conclusion that I am unlike others, unlike in the way in which comfort exists within me. Normally the process to find a moment that will challenge me is harder then the challenging moment itself.
