life

Someone once said,
"You will find that it is all very familiar...the strange and faraway places where you've never been. The wild unknown leads you to a place just around the corner. Take a picture when you get there...the road is you."

It is through my experience of such words that I have come to discover that going the unknown direction in life is just one of many ways to find yourself. In this I mean that the as we look back on the road that got us to our current destination, the recognition of choices we made help us realize who we are today.

The unknown path is unknown for a reason: so that we can have trials and learn from them. While I don't know what the roads ahead hold I do know that I don't want to do what is entirely expected. I want to plan to surprise myself. Otherwise, LIFE would be boring. But I do know this: I'm 23 years old, I go to college, and am single. I love my family, I love my friends, and my religion. I'm actually interested in a few girls at the moment and mostly dislike all dessert foods. I can't sleep with socks on and I hate talkers during movies. When it rains I'm happy but if it snows in June again this year I just may call it a year. I can't drive in complete silence, I try my best to not talk bad about others, and will probably never like tomatoes. I recently gave up all carbonated and caffeinated drinks. There are only 2 types of people in this world: those who can't beat me at Guitar Hero and those who dare to try. There is a Prophet on earth today and yes, I text message a lot. I'm pretty sure sharks are terrifying, Oprah is not God, and I want to kidnap my nieces and nephews. And most of all I know I love my life, cause if I didn't I'd go crazy. Your experiences are your life. And the only way to truthfully understand yourself is to make the experiences and take the risks needed in order to do so; otherwise, you will have a wasted soul.

"A motto of the British Special Service Air Force is: 'Those who risk, win.' A single green vine shoot is able to grow through cement. The Pacific Northwestern salmon beats itself bloody on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose. To mate, of course. But also...life."

Life is good.