Words for Thoughts

 

Its been a long and busy week for me. I have been stressing a lot about a bunch of major test coming up in the next few weeks. Also I have a dance performance in three weeks that I am not really completely ready for so it this point the best way to classify me is a ball of nerves.

With that being said I found this great quote on pinterest that basically just says very eloquently that you can do this and that you are capable something I think is nice to hear at a time like this. So here is it:

Its a nice thought for me to have that I am bravery than I think. This right now seems to touch me in the ways that in these next few months there will be a lot of changes for me leaving for college and starting the next chapter of my life. With that I need to reevaluate where I stand on a lot of things including my priorities, friendships, and focuses. Being stronger helps me to look at this as something I can manage. I am smarter than I think which is nice for these test coming up.

No one tends to love change, however it is a necessary part of life. We all have to go through change whether its physical like a new place to call home, or more of a personal change like a change of mind when dealing with friends who have maybe hurt you in some way.

Any thoughts I would love to hear your comments.

The Glass is Half Full..... (well it really is full)

I know it has been a really long time since I posted. So I apologize... but here's my excuse. School has kept my days, and well half of my nights busy, with homework and dance and running have time has been a hard thing to find. I started this blog a few months ago with the hopes of sharing thoughts, adventures and projects from Lass whose face is always sporting a plethora of freckles.

The title I chose for this post is kind of a story and lesson within itself that I have made my goal to teach myself. "The glass is half full.." Well technically the glass is not half full or half empty, (Sorry my nerd side is coming out) but rather it is completely full, half with air and half with water. What I mean to discuss is not the basic science lesson on states of matter, but to rather look at this in the sense truth in a more metaphorical way. In saying the glass is half empty society would deem you a pessimist, by saying the glass is half full an enthusiast. I want to look at this lesson as a actualist.

"Okay Mary I see what you are saying but where are you going with this?"

In life there are many events and actions can be taken in a lot of different ways and looked at in a lot of different angles.  For me I can think of a lot of examples of this in my personal life. What is important to remember is that God has a plan for all of us. That even if that glass looks half empty or even half full it really is completely full with His plan.  We just cannot see what will make up the "air" yet. We must trust in the Lord that the air is there and that the glass is full. Faith is believing even though you can not see, hear, feel, smell or taste. Faith is believing that the glass is full.

These last few months I have had many situations in which I saw the glass as half empty. When my boyfriend and I broke up, I spent a few days forgetting to even see the glass and a lot more seeing it half empty. With the help of two very good friends and a lot of reminders that it was for the best I was able to see that they were right and that things happen for a reason. HE  has a plan for me, for you and for everyone else. Sometimes we might have grey days where its hard to see the air in the glass but like everything else the sun will rise and the haze disappear.

Its hard for me to look on the sunny side sometimes.

In seeing my schedule for the new season at work this year I was disappointed to see that I had not gotten a new assignment and rather that I was in a building that I had prieviously deem less desirable. What hurt me a bit more is that a lot of my friends had got assignments that I had previously desired. Instead of being happy and excited for them I gave into my emotions and showed a negative side. Something that I am working on trying not to do. It took me all of the ride home to realize that cooking (the assignment I had wanted) has just as many ups and downs to it as the assignment I recieved. With the help of my best friend, I was reminded that I got the job I did because... "Your better with kids Mary," "You are.... You take time with them and play with them you can interact with them better..."

So here's to a lesson that I will be working on... "The glass is half full...." the glass is truly full.