What Makes Life so Great

Well followers, I know I've been neglecting you by not providing any words of wisdom, thought of the day or story telling time lately but something occurred to me today that I simply must share.
Well, here it goes. Enjoy :)


So today on a walk with my mom we somehow got on the subject of what all I had learned while in school the last 16 years of my life. Of course since I am a Communications major I was more than happy to share this, that,
and the other about my gender and communications class, my persuasion class, my mediated communication class and the list goes on and on....
Talking about what I had learned got me thinking about the fact that I am about to graduate in May. No more classrooms. No more homework. No more Blackboard. No more countless sleepless nights spent at Mullins library. These are things yes that I am surely going to miss. I really love school, always have and I am not ready to leave an institution where learning is encouraged, knowledge is earned, and intelligence is valued. These are all things I've always valued, now more than ever. . . .
Graduating in May means I've been polishing up my resume to send out to possible jobs. This has made me really look at myself critically and personally. But really putting together a resume is just as easy as putting together a list of qualifications and skills you are particularly good at.

So I sat down to write the things I am good at.
"Let's see umm...I'm good with computers and technology....math....writing...."
I stopped myself.
"Math, technology and writing?....Did I pick the right major? Should I have been an engineer? "
But then it hit me. Besides the fact that I feel as though I have close to mastered Communications, but that it is something I have really enjoyed.
I mean I know my major had nothing to do with what I've always been good at (besides talking too much) but I don't really want to do math all the time, and I sure do not want to be fixing people's gadgets for a living.
I mean why should you be stuck doing something you don't really want to do just because you're good at it. I understand that the better you are at a job the more money you'll make, but money isn't everything. Sure, money makes life easier, but I don't think money makes life worth living.
I don't know about you but when I was little I didn't wake up wanting to go make as much money as I could. No, I woke up wanting to go play with my friends, or my dogs. I wanted to go ride bikes, go to dance class, or learn how to do something new. Adventure, curiosity, and feeling the love of family and friends was what all my being stemmed from.

I think there's a lot to be said about that. Perhaps we should reach into our "inner child" and live with curiosity and integrity in each move.

We need to realize that what makes life so great isn't our unearned privilege of certain skills (thank you genetics) but what we learn. That love not only solves all problems but helps prevent them from happening. And that friendship is nothing short of a priceless gift.

Yes, I will miss going to class everyday, the library and yes even Blackboard...but what I'll miss most is the life I experienced with the people who I was lucky enough to experience it with. You know who you all are.

So now a note to those I've been blessed enough to be with throughout the last almost 4 years of my life....

Thank you for being a shoulder for tears, a smile for laughs, arms for hugs, ears to listen, a friend, a sister, but most of all...thank you for making my life so great.