te amo vida. everything is beautiful. everyone should love life, love everything. it's not worth it if you're not happy. (bc i'm a nerd, like ms. frizzle said) take chances, make mistakes, get messy. gotta live my life by all three, and learn from them. don't stop smiling. live each day. i promise it will be worth it. spring changes my life every year. don't be afraid of changes. life is full of them.
te amo te amo te amo. dios mio santo, que mi vida sea buena. que aprende todo bueno de la vida. lo bueno y lo malo, todo. lo que sea. que mi vida sea completa.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
wrote this last spring; it's still true
this is what life is about, really. it's about laying out on the quad on a warm day doing absolutely nothing even when you probably should be. it's about passion iced tea lemonades from starbucks, sipping them slowly in a booth with a friend. it's about meeting up at 8pm no matter what, watching american idol and squealing and critiquing right along with the judges. it's about riding your bike across campus, dodging passers-by, wind whipping through your hair.
it's about eating ice cream with friends, and then sitting for hours and laughing so hard your stomach hurts. it's about birthday plans and concocting dinners and surprises; it's about filling a friend's room with 120 balloons. it's about crying into each other's shoulders-- not so much about the crying, but more about who that shoulder belongs to.
it's about watching the glow of a million candles in the grotto. it's about the tulips that are finally beginning to peek out and bloom. it's about pealing bells of the basilica, waking you up on sunday mornings. it's about looking out your window and seeing the gold of the dome glinting in the sun.
we complain so much about school, about work, about teachers, about drama, about boys-- and in that, we forget about our youth. we forget that these are our golden years. we forget to let go a little, loosen up. in the words of a friend, we shouldn't worry: we'll find a way to be where we are meant to be.
i think it's time that i stop worrying, and start living.
it's about eating ice cream with friends, and then sitting for hours and laughing so hard your stomach hurts. it's about birthday plans and concocting dinners and surprises; it's about filling a friend's room with 120 balloons. it's about crying into each other's shoulders-- not so much about the crying, but more about who that shoulder belongs to.
it's about watching the glow of a million candles in the grotto. it's about the tulips that are finally beginning to peek out and bloom. it's about pealing bells of the basilica, waking you up on sunday mornings. it's about looking out your window and seeing the gold of the dome glinting in the sun.
we complain so much about school, about work, about teachers, about drama, about boys-- and in that, we forget about our youth. we forget that these are our golden years. we forget to let go a little, loosen up. in the words of a friend, we shouldn't worry: we'll find a way to be where we are meant to be.
i think it's time that i stop worrying, and start living.
Friday, April 17, 2009
the only thing that ever made sense in my life
something big i've learned in the past couple of weeks is that you've got to do what makes you happy. take chances. go with it. sometimes you've just gotta plunge right in. so many times in the past, i've opted out of things because i'm scared it will be awkward or weird or intimidating or whatever. i've learned that more than half the time it's really all in my head. any situation is essentially what you make of it. and i think that's one of the most important things to remember in life.
i feel like i'm finally on the road to figuring it all out. i look at myself at eighteen and i was a completely different person. i still feel like the core of me is the same-- basically, the me inside my head. i feel like i've done so much to get that person on the outside. there have been detours and wrong turns and roadblocks (think that molasses dude in candyland) but i think it's really necessary not only to figure out who you are, but who you don't want to be. there are things i have done that i am not proud of: straight-up PLC's, questionable life decisions, and even things that i thought were right all along that, in the end, weren't. but i'm learning. i guess that's what growing up is for.
i have learned how to be happy for real, which is not necessarily being in a good mood all the time. happiness is knowing that you're exactly where you need to be. somehow any bitterness i had has completely melted away.
i want you to be happy. i don't know if any of you still read this, but wherever you are, whenever you read these words, know this: go forth. be happy. it's worth it.
i feel like i'm finally on the road to figuring it all out. i look at myself at eighteen and i was a completely different person. i still feel like the core of me is the same-- basically, the me inside my head. i feel like i've done so much to get that person on the outside. there have been detours and wrong turns and roadblocks (think that molasses dude in candyland) but i think it's really necessary not only to figure out who you are, but who you don't want to be. there are things i have done that i am not proud of: straight-up PLC's, questionable life decisions, and even things that i thought were right all along that, in the end, weren't. but i'm learning. i guess that's what growing up is for.
i have learned how to be happy for real, which is not necessarily being in a good mood all the time. happiness is knowing that you're exactly where you need to be. somehow any bitterness i had has completely melted away.
i want you to be happy. i don't know if any of you still read this, but wherever you are, whenever you read these words, know this: go forth. be happy. it's worth it.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
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