23 September 2012

Tiger Plaza & Jesse Hall. - University of Missouri

Adjustments are hard. Especially when you're left somewhere that you're not familiar with. When you know no one, don't know where anything is and feel lost, you end up learning a lot about yourself. Starting over isn't always easy, but it can be done nonetheless. Nothing is impossible. Fresh starts are a good thing - like new opportunities. Lots of people, me included, don't always see the good in moments as they pass. At first we have negative attitudes toward these things - we think that they won't work out and that there's no point. I think it's easier to just keep an open mind and live in the moment. It happens that more often than not, we look back and are happy with everything that's happened - it all happens for a reason. There may be little things that get us down from day to day but in the grand scheme of things, what's really the difference? I like to go with the flow of life and see where it leads. You never truly know something until you give it a try. It's moments like these that help pull us together. No one can really understand an experience unless they've experienced it themselves. There's so much misunderstanding in life, and most of it is fueled by false preconceptions.

The sun set in Columbia, MO. - Penthouse of Hatch Hall

Each day I learn a little more about how life works in general. I see how people interact and how we choose who we want to be in life. Those of us who're left out at first are the ones who figure ourselves out faster. It's difficult to say that we're one thing when we're not even completely sure about it to begin with. What better way to go through life than to just let whatever happens happen and be content in knowing that we're headed in the right direction.