When I was younger, I loved playing dominos. I would line them up in a really long line or make a cool pattern and when I finished, tap the one domino on the end and watch them all fall down. It was so fun except when I had to put them in place. It took a lot of time a patience just to make a short simple line. If you accidently tapped one domino, they would all fall and you would have to start all over again.
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The most stressful part of high school (for me at least) is thinking about the future. Everything you are learning now, the teachers say, will prepare you for next year. Every decision you make right now will determine which college you get into, which determines your career, which determines how the rest of your life will go. In my Bible study class, we are learning about David when he was a king. He made one bad choice which eventually led to the snowball effect of bad decisions. Just that one single choice led to a huge outcome, like the dominos.
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Students are asked to do so much in order to get a good education: we have to take x amount of classes and get almost perfect grades, be involved in extracurricular activities and to be sure we are physically, emotionally and mentally healthy. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure highschoolers are not robots and once and awhile want to take a nap. We are still kids! Half of us can’t even drive. The fact that there are many students that can pull that off really amazes me.
Today in history we went to the library and were given the yearly lecture about how to graduate from high school and find a good career and go to a good college. I feel like it’s too soon for me to get ready for college. Why do we have to focus on the future instead of enjoying the present? The present is such a short time and I never enjoy it enough. The present soon becomes the past and eventually the past is forgotten.
The thought of forgetting the past completely scares me so I decided to keep a journal. I will admit that it is hard to write in it daily but I usually try to write in it at least once a week. I write down what happened that week, my feelings towards whatever, etc. It’s really fun to go back and read what you wrote and remember all the good times and even the bad.
I hope everyone has good week and a better life. (:
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When I was your age I loved the saying, “stop and smell the flowers.” It’s that whole idea of being present and soaking in your surroundings wherever you are. Keep tracking all those present moments that don’t always seem like much–but when you get to be old like me, those journals are priceless windows to the past!
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