"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
I have recently learned how true this statement is and started to realize that it
applies to just about everything in my life. From college, to getting over the loss of a
good friend, to starting new relationships.
Ever since I was a little girl I talked about going to college. As I got into high
school I started to receive letters and information from different colleges. But the fact
that I was actually going to go didn't hit me until I had to start picking out and narrowing
down the college I wanted to go to in my junior year. Now that I'm entering my second
half of my senior year I have to pick out which colleges I apply to and soon will attend.
The rest of my life started with the small step of dreaming of going to college.
Over the past few years I have lost many close and dear friends. Each time I
received the bad news that someone else had passed away the pain I felt was
unbearable and like my whole world came crashing down. Time went on and I have
learned to accept that no one lives forever and that it was just that persons time to pass
on. I have also learned to think of each persons life as a blessing and that the end is
not a horrible thing but just makes us appreciate each person around us more.
After losing so many people in a short period of time I became very wary of
making new friends. For some reason I thought that if I got to know someone new I
would lose someone else. I kept pushing people away, trying to protect myself from
feeling more pain. Thankfully over the summer I had a chance to realize that I thought
wrong. There were so many people around me that wanted to be my friend and I was
losing out. By the time I got back to school my whole attitude had changed. People
that I had pushed away were still willing to be my friend and I accepte
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