So, as you all know, there is only about 20 days left of wonderful 2008. I've been thinking back on the last year, going over the highlights and all that, and I thought I would write about a few of them on here. (just another boring list about the last year :P)
Things I've learned:
- I've that running away from something just because its painful or unpleasant is stupid and I won't get anywhere doing that. I've always tended to avoid things if I thought I might embarrass myself or if it was too hard for me to do comfortably. God has been showing me that he wants his children to do things that aren't exactly "easy" and if I learn to do them now without complaining it might be much easier when I'm older when I potentially have to make more important decisions than the ones I'm making now.
- I've learned that "it is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes" (Psalms 118:9). I have, and sometimes still do tend to put my trust in people I know, people I admire etc, when really they are just humans like me and they will disappoint me because they cannot be my ultimate guide in life, only God can!
- I have learned to choose "belief over misery". Over the last few years I've had times when I've gotten really depressed, and sometimes I don't make the right choices on how to deal with that sadness. As of this year I have not been depressed anywhere near as much as I have been before, probably because I have learned to take my sadness to God, to get the sadness out and then get over it. These last few months its been more like it only lasts for a day instead of weeks. And for that I am extremely grateful.
- I've learned that telling my friends the truth when its needed is a lot better for us than turning the blind eye to the way the friendship is going just because I don't want to deal with it.
- I've learned that if I want an in depth relationship with my parents and siblings I need to make an effort to spend time talking to them. Something that doesn't come easily to me, especially now that I'm gone all the time, but I have been able to develop relatively close relationships with my siblings that are close to my age.
Things I've gotten to do in the last year:
- I went to Creation Northwest with my dad last July and I didn't really like the festival itself, probably because I didn't know anyone there and the only band I really liked that played that day was Switchfoot. We went to see Switchfoot, and it was incredible. I even was crazy enough to stand in a super long line for over an hour just to meet them and get my poster signed (funny story on the poster: Chad and Drew signed their names on Romy's piano....I don't think they were paying attention to what they were doing! typical rock stars...). Also, in the super long line, I met two uber Relient K fans and another guy who likes pretty much every Christian band on the planet except Flyleaf. Us four were talking a lot to pass the waiting time, and one of the RK fan girls asked the guy if I was his sister *scratched head*....twas rather odd.
- Plus, if I should still be on the earth next summer (I'm kinda leaning toward being raptured sometime soon...haha...), and if I can cough up enough money, and if my parents let me, I just might go back to Creation with at least two of my friends for the whole caboodle instead of just one day.
- I'm going to college this year. I'm really glad for that because I want to get college done as soon as possible...I just have to decide what I'm going to
- This last quarter at college I've been able to meet up again with two of my childhood friends, which is awesome. One of the girls I was actually in Cubbies with when we were 4. And the other one was my sister's best friend back when we went to PACE (the good ole days of being below 10 years old :P)
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