First day back to OSU

So today, as I start back for my last quarter at OSU, I am finding that some things never change. For starters, you have the freshman and transfer students wandering around confused like always, the students who walk completely the wrong way around the oval, then back again trying to figure out where the heck the building is that they are suppose to be in(it's happened to me more than once!),the students who just happen to have forgotten that classes were today and come running in 20 or so minutes late, and we even have those professors and lecturers that forget almost everything they need for the first day, including a key to the room. (yes that happened to my lecturer for my first class, class in the hallway is always fun!) The next thing you have is the actually class, with OSU being so big, it's very rare to know someone in your one of your classes. This is frustrating yet at the same time fun, because it forces you to meet someone new. The last thing is that the bookstore of course is crowded, and the books way over priced. This is very aggravating to me because not only do they raise tuition almost every quarter, but book prices seem to get higher and higher the longer I am in school. The good news is that most of the books you can purchase online! Thank God for technology. These are the few little insignificant things that I might miss when and if I graduate.

The Meaning of Life

What is life? What is our purpose? Why are we even here? These are questions I used to ask my self on a daily basis, however recently I had an experience that changed the way I viewed life. This experience taught me that by serving others, is better than serving yourself, putting others and God first rather than always thinking of yourself and your needs. When you put others and God before yourself, you get that warm fuzzy feeling, knowing that you just did some good in the world. Over the last 4 months, I have had the opportunity to meet an amazing woman, who did amazing things. She put God, her family, and serving others before herself. I am so blessed to have had the chance to know this woman. Isn't it crazy when other people make such a HUGE impact in your life, and you never really fully understand it till they are gone?

In short live life to the fullest, making everyday count. Live as if there is no tomorrow, and tell those you love how much they mean to you.

I know I can, I know I can

As summer begins, one would think that vacation would soon follow, however that is now the case for me. I just started my summer classes at OSU, and let me tell you it is the last place that I want to be. I had to tell myself that each class I take is one class closer to graduation. With that I am reminded of a mission trip I took in high school. During this mission trip my youth group met up with other youth groups from across the United States and together we form work groups to go and work on houses in the area. The leader of my group would try to keep us motivated on the hot days by telling us "I think I can, I think I can". Now 6 years later, this philosophy has stayed with me. Now I am telling myself, "I know I can, I know I can", just like a train moving along till it gets to its final destination. If you think about it, that it what our lives consist of, each day we move along, each day we are hoping that we are one step closer to our final destination. My uncle told me once (when I was complaining on some illness I had claiming that I was dying) that each day we are dying, but each day we are also living. So we can either wake up each morning thinking today is one more day I have to live and make the most of it, or we can wake up thinking today I am one day closer to death. Choosing to live is half the battle of life.

FINALLY A BREAK!

Finally, classes have ended, finals are over, and now I get a break! Ok well a short break, I start summer classes in a week...YUCK! But I keep telling myself it is one step closer to graduation. Classes this past quarter were fun, crazy but fun. I think I learned a lot about how to prepare myself for the future, which of course is making me go crazy! Trying to figure out what I will do with the rest of my life is so scary! AHH!

Good news is I am loving life! Life is wonderful! Work is good, school is good, overall life is good!

That's about it! Sorry I am a little boring!