Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Precious Moments
Right now I am pretty happy with who I am. Of course I would like to be a little bit better ballet dancer and I would like to be able to resist ice cream, but other than that I have only one thing that really bugs me. I have trouble living in the moment. There are times I wish I could go back to moments in my life and enjoy them more. If I had maybe they would have lasted longer or I could have appreciated them more, but then I lose moments that are happening right now. Like last night when I was able to school some guys in my ward in basketball (not really, but I didn't shame the family name so I think I did ok:). So I guess there is only one solution and that is to not dwell on the past and make my own moments that I can cherish without worrying they will end too soon.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
You actually think?
One thing I love about college is it actually teaches you to think. Crazy huh?:) But really, when you are in elementary through high school you are given theorems and rules that you have to drill into your head. Your taught, in a sense, to act like a parrot. Say what everyone wants you to say. In college I am actually invited to share what I think about the subject the class is discussing and I love it.
In a way it helps me to open my eyes. I especially love my writing class for this reason. There are people in my class who paint amazing pictures with words; not just of subjects and scenery, but feelings and life in general. The colorful trees of fall are no longer just stark images on the horizon, but splashes of color on a canvas that give off the aroma of a crisp Thanksgiving morning and glisten like colorful diamond tiaras in the dawn.
Another amazing thing about college ( I know the mind reels that there could actually be more) is that I have come to realize that nothing in this life is simple. Think of a table. A boring, brown, square table. In reality, though, it is very far from boring. It is constantly exerted on by forces and gravity, it is made of wood which is made of molecules and atoms and quarks that are constantly moving, but you can't see them. Then you add the chemical reaction of the staining of the wood and so on. It never ends.
I know your thinking "It's a table...so what?" But what boggles my mind is that this complexity goes for everything. Nothing in the world is simple and that is what makes it wonderful. You can constantly be discovering new things the only problem being we only have a lifetime to learn and discover all these things.
All this thinking makes me so awed and inspired by my Father in Heaven and that he has created such an amazing world, and even our own bodies, so that we are constantly learning and growing. Again the only draw back being we only have this life to discover it; so why not live it to the fullest?
In a way it helps me to open my eyes. I especially love my writing class for this reason. There are people in my class who paint amazing pictures with words; not just of subjects and scenery, but feelings and life in general. The colorful trees of fall are no longer just stark images on the horizon, but splashes of color on a canvas that give off the aroma of a crisp Thanksgiving morning and glisten like colorful diamond tiaras in the dawn.
Another amazing thing about college ( I know the mind reels that there could actually be more) is that I have come to realize that nothing in this life is simple. Think of a table. A boring, brown, square table. In reality, though, it is very far from boring. It is constantly exerted on by forces and gravity, it is made of wood which is made of molecules and atoms and quarks that are constantly moving, but you can't see them. Then you add the chemical reaction of the staining of the wood and so on. It never ends.
I know your thinking "It's a table...so what?" But what boggles my mind is that this complexity goes for everything. Nothing in the world is simple and that is what makes it wonderful. You can constantly be discovering new things the only problem being we only have a lifetime to learn and discover all these things.
All this thinking makes me so awed and inspired by my Father in Heaven and that he has created such an amazing world, and even our own bodies, so that we are constantly learning and growing. Again the only draw back being we only have this life to discover it; so why not live it to the fullest?
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