Days :)

There are 365 days in a year.

There are days when you feeling like singing at the top of your lungs from the rooftops. There are days that you feel like splashing in the largest puddles you can find. There are days you wish the rain would end and there are days the night can’t come soon enough. There are days when the biggest thing on your mind is the pile of leaves you are about to plow through. There are days when the only thing that keeps you moving to the next second is the beat of the favorite song you are listening to. There are days when the sunshine dances on your skin and you feel like you could be everywhere at once.

There are days. There are more days. And there are just days.

As I have been at school I have come to realize an important fact.
Days.
Days come.
Every day brings a new day. However, days go by. Days run away like stars being chased away by the sun. The older I get the faster time seems to go. There is no way to truly slow it down. When I was a kid I remember wishing with all of my heart that I could just be old so I could do everything. Days couldn’t go by fast enough. Now I look back and wish that I could be as carefree and young spirited as I was as a child. The days won’t slow down and they sure don’t come back.

Every day I wake up is a new adventure. It’s a great story really. It always starts with the hero … (me ;)) opening my eyes and realizing how warm my bed is. You know that feeling where you just need to sink deeper and deeper into your covers. Golly I love my bed. I could really spend an entire day there…  Such is the life of a college student though right? My day continues on and on. One of my favorite ways to spend my days is by trying to make people feel happy. If I can make everyone that I come in contact with smile… well I’d say it’s a great day.

The other day my roommates and I were driving around on campus getting things done and finished up. Kirsten had gone to turn something in so as we were sitting in the car waiting for her to come back I rolled down my window and started to compliment every person that walked by. Anything and everything. This is a fairly normal thing for me to do so Shannon quickly joined in. I could feel the happy juices on my insides getting really pumped.

Do you ever have that feeling where you just want to run up to everyone and give them a big hug and tell them how amazing they are??? I love that feeling. So I compliment people all of the time. I love letting people know how loved they are because really, there is not one person on this earth that goes unnoticed. Well Kirsten came back into the car and as we drove we continued to yell compliments out the windows. We were having the time of our lives and everyone was smiling  One boy called out and asked if we were a complimenting car. We told him we liked his jacket and drove off. I then got dropped off at my destination and my roommate’s cat called and hollered after me. I realized in that second how grateful I was for those moments. My mood had absolutely vanished and I was filled with so much joy and happiness I felt like I could fly. I was so grateful for my roommates. I was so grateful for the ability to express love. I was so grateful for everyone that I had been able to see even though I didn’t know them. That’s when time finally seemed to slow down….

If you want a really good way to slow down time, be grateful for everything that you have.
Too much of our lives are wasted and used second by second worrying and wanting tomorrow and the “better future” to be here now. There is nothing wrong with dreaming and having goals. Those things are the things that should keep us going. However, if we take time now to enjoy what we have we will come to find that life is much more than circumstances that we find ourselves in. Life is more than just days that go by. Look around you!!! Let your heart be filled with love for everything and anything that surrounds you. Love your roommates, the pedestrian, and the people who cut you off. Be grateful for the snow and the icy roads and the scrapers in your car. Be happy that its finals time and that your teachers just piled on an incredible amount of homework to do!!!! For those that you do not particularly care for, get to know them, the real them. Love, be grateful, and enjoy the time you have right now!!!

Life is what we determine it to be by what we decide to take out of it. What we choose to focus on and what we choose to be grateful and happy about will determine how happy life can make us. We can have the worst of days and when we focus on the fact that our smile is still shining our entire life will be brighter. You have the ability to slow down time. Enjoy each second. Live every moment. And always remember to be grateful for all of it!!!! You are amazing!!!! Have a GREAT day!!!!