today, i fleetingly met a partially blind homeless man. his blindness was of course the first thing i noticed, seeing as i have a fascination and fear of abnormal eyes. the sign he held was upside-down, but it read something along the lines of "please help me," so i gave him like ten quarters and some more change, and asked him to try and get warm tonight.
"i'll try honey, thank you so much," he said as my window rolled up automatically.
today's been a rather roller-coaster-esque day. it started awfully, where i was running late to pick up the girls i drive due to the weather and my want for a slushie to soothe my aching throat. we got to school ten or twenty minutes late for the first exam, which i finished in ten minutes. after school i was going down the hill and began to apply my breaks, but ended up sliding into (or rather under) the car in front of me. my car has two grand worth of damage, not sure about hers yet.
i keep thinking, if one thing had been different... if i didn't stop for that slushie, if i had just turned around this morning rather than go to school, if i had gotten to leave early from the test, if i had left on time, if i had been being a bit more careful, it wouldn't have happened.
tiny alterations in life's journey can catastrophically impact your life for the best... or worst.
later in the day i got to see my love.. and the hours i spent with him were some of the most special and eye opening moments of my life.
we saw the boy in the striped pajamas. it's about the holocaust and it's incredibly good. i cried a lot in the end. but it was marvelous.
today i really learned and understood how to appreciate what i've been given. it doesn't matter what tangible items i own or clothes i wear or music i listen to.
what really matters is intangible.. love, compassion, happiness, friendship, life, freedom, beauty... the list goes on.
what really matters in life is the emotions you carry, and the impact you make on others.
tomorrow, your car might be stolen. sure, you'll be upset (like i was when i crashed mine) but subsequently you'll realize that it doesn't matter. you've still got your life, your love, your friends and family... you've got yourself and that's what really matters.
technically, you're the only person you'll always have with you until the day you die.
society is becoming increasingly materialistic so things are starting to matter more and more, while personal relationships are diminishing in number. people are becoming impersonal, withdrawn, subdued and introverted as the years progress.
though life is about finding yourself, you must also confide in others. you just have to find the right person to confide in.
life is aesthetic, life is free and life is beautiful. live it every day without looking back. live in the now, look toward the future but never dabble in the past. any lessons you've learned you know.. you don't need to revert to anything in the past.
keep smiling, keep laughing, keep life fun.
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