10 out of 10 people die.

the big 'ole beautiful, blue sky

I was listening to the radio on my drive to Harrisburg yesterday, and I heard this:

"10 out of 10 people die."

(Well, duh, Kellyn.)

While this might be trivial and kindof silly, it is so relevant.

It kindof made me realize how small we are and how temporary life is. It made me really think... I should be completely fearless to go out there and get things done! I want to put forth all of the effort I have inside of me to do everything to the best of my ability! I want to try new things. Weird things. Hard things! I want to meet all of the human beings I can possibly meet! I need to live in every moment of every second of every minute of every hour of every day, because it's all too important! I want to take every learning opportunity that comes my way and get every single thing I possibly can out of it - failure or success, and see them as opportunities to learn. 

There is so much to see, so much to learn and so much to do in this world, both at home and outside of home that life should never, ever, ever be boring! We all have somethin' going for us, right? 

I want to make the most of the littlest things. I want to appreciate it all. 

Lately I've been so consumed with school projects, homework, and things of the like that I haven't truly been appreciating life. Oftentimes, I am so consumed by schoolwork, traveling from Carbondale to Harrisburg to Carbondale, and making time for family and friends, I'm not really truly appreciating the time being spent doing these things. 

This week, I'll appreciate the little things:

Perhaps it might be a not-so-good grade, the rainy days to come, a silly question asked by a student, and Cuties. (Both the hybrid fruit and literal humans that are cute.) 

I have the desire to learn everything I possibly can in this lifetime, and sometimes it gets covered up by the busyness of life. 

So here's to this week and appreciating every little thing! 

Thursdays are my favorite days.

hi! 

Today was the sweetest day. This semester,  I spend my Thursdays in a 5th grade elementary classroom. It has been the best experience, and each time I leave the classroom on Thursday, I am just overwhelmed with joy & thankfulness & happiness in general.  Even though school can sometimes be overwhelming, being there really reminds me why I want to become a teacher. 

Today, while I was in the 5th grade, I thought about life a lot and the different stages of it. There's a beauty in every stage that we all ought to embrace, whether you're young or old, but there's something about the rawness, innocence, honesty and purity of being a kid that is such gold. I sat there today watching them create spaceships and people out of paper, markers, and tape. I love that they can do that, have fun without toys (or, I guess electronics these days) and make what they can with what they have. I can see that they let their imaginations go and come up with all kinds of things that they put a lot of thought into.  

There really is something so incredible about the heart and mind of a child. Their writings, drawings, and imagination. Everything about them is so inspiring! There is really a beauty to imagination, laughing at the littlest things that aren't funny to adults, coloring outside the lines, words that are spelled almost incorrectly, and other things adults don't understand but they do anyways. There's so much beauty in the heart and mind of a child that makes them all gold. Sure, they can get mean and disobedient, but...

they sure do inspire me.