Different Roads and Different People
This school year is coming to a very bitter-sweet ending. I am excited for summer and working on my tan (ok I have to be honest I don't tan...I burn). On the hand I don't want this school year to end! I have made so many great friends who have blessed my tremendously! Unfortunately for me, a lot of those friends are seniors this year. It's good for them because the are free from the prison called high school, but sad for me because they will all go away to college or on missions and I won't see them nearly as often. It's hard to think that people can be such a big part of your life for such a little amount of time. I guess that's why we are constantly growing as people. If everyone that came into our lives stayed in them forever we would never get the chances to grow and become better people than we were yesterday.
Having to say good bye to my friends that are graduating this year is also huge reality check for me. In just two short years I'm going to be the one graduating. I will be the one going to down different roads than my friends. I will be the one making the decisions that will shape my entire future. It's made me realize that I need to cherish every moment I have with my friends, family and yes even teachers. They are the people who help us that we want to be hairstylists instead of teachers. Rock-stars instead on accountants. Moms instead of Circus People. They are the people we owe the biggest thanks to. They are the people who helped make us what we are and someday will become.
If I could go back and tell myself (or anyone for that matter) any one piece of advice I would need in high school it would be to not be afraid to be yourself! Take a chance and sit next to someone new in dance. She may end up being your best friend. Talk to someone you would normally never talk to in seminary. You end up having more in common with them than you think. Speak your mind! The only thing you would regret is not speaking up. Don't let peoples opinions of you sway how you feel about yourself. I promise you that you are worth so much more than other people tell you you are. Don't ever pretend to be someone your not. You will just end up being someone you don't like. Forgive and forget. I think this was the hardest for me to learn and continue. It is so easy to hate someone when they have done you wrong but it takes a strong person to forgive them for whatever they did and love them. Even if you aren't friends with them, you don't know 100% why that person did or said something. Even if you have done or been through the exact same thing, you will never truly know what that person has gone through. And can I let you in on a little secret? You never will. You will never know what battles that person is fighting within them. That leads me to my next thing. Don't judge others! I know it's hard but what you thinking something can be so off base and can tear someone down in a second if they find out. I pretty sure you don't like hearing things people say about you so why would you do it to other people? I want to share something I recently saw on Pinterest. It totally fits and helps explain what I am trying to say better than I can.
Having to say good bye to my friends that are graduating this year is also huge reality check for me. In just two short years I'm going to be the one graduating. I will be the one going to down different roads than my friends. I will be the one making the decisions that will shape my entire future. It's made me realize that I need to cherish every moment I have with my friends, family and yes even teachers. They are the people who help us that we want to be hairstylists instead of teachers. Rock-stars instead on accountants. Moms instead of Circus People. They are the people we owe the biggest thanks to. They are the people who helped make us what we are and someday will become.
If I could go back and tell myself (or anyone for that matter) any one piece of advice I would need in high school it would be to not be afraid to be yourself! Take a chance and sit next to someone new in dance. She may end up being your best friend. Talk to someone you would normally never talk to in seminary. You end up having more in common with them than you think. Speak your mind! The only thing you would regret is not speaking up. Don't let peoples opinions of you sway how you feel about yourself. I promise you that you are worth so much more than other people tell you you are. Don't ever pretend to be someone your not. You will just end up being someone you don't like. Forgive and forget. I think this was the hardest for me to learn and continue. It is so easy to hate someone when they have done you wrong but it takes a strong person to forgive them for whatever they did and love them. Even if you aren't friends with them, you don't know 100% why that person did or said something. Even if you have done or been through the exact same thing, you will never truly know what that person has gone through. And can I let you in on a little secret? You never will. You will never know what battles that person is fighting within them. That leads me to my next thing. Don't judge others! I know it's hard but what you thinking something can be so off base and can tear someone down in a second if they find out. I pretty sure you don't like hearing things people say about you so why would you do it to other people? I want to share something I recently saw on Pinterest. It totally fits and helps explain what I am trying to say better than I can.
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