So, I find that I have wonderful friends, including my boyfriend. It is unbelievable how lucky I was in second grade to meet one of my best friends, then meet another great friend in third grade, and then start swimming with another great friend a few years after. And as a 7th grader meet another good friend. And become close to a few more throughout high school and still remain friends with the others. I doubt that many people stay friends with the same people for 10 years through grade school, middle school, and high school. Tons change their friends through high school even. But my friends have always stuck by me. One lesson I’ve learned is that if you want your friends to be there for you, you have to be there for them and be willing to talk about what’s going on. Because no one can be there for you if they don’t know what’s going on. The basis of a great friendship is communication. And fun.

Have you ever thought of how dreams affect our daily life? Normally people think about it the other way around. They think about how our dreams come from daily acts and thoughts etc.. Well, one day it occured to me that sometimes I bring my dreams into more of a reality than I should. I’ll have bad dreams about things and won’t fully get it out of my head and react negatively towards the person who I had the dream about. Or I’ll have a good dream about someone and be more friendly toward them than normal. It is so interesting how our subconscious affects us so strongly and the circle that it makes. Most people dream of what they think of before they go to sleep in some way or another. If I’m worried about something it’s incorporated into my dreams, sometimes in a different way than I was even thinking of it, then I dream of it, and it has a negative affect on my life and others the next day. That is why it is important to put things into perspective, meditate, and be content with life. Worrying is a hard thing to stop, and I am as guilty as anyone of worrying, but, it is important to not worry to much. Instead of trying to do stuff, sometimes we just have to accept things and let them be.

There are a lot of reasons to be angry or mad or upset. Sometimes they are good reasons, sometime they are not so good reasons. It is important though, to keep things in perspective. Even I am guilty of getting upset or frustrated over things that tomorrow won’t matter. It is easy though, to get caught up in the moment and to turn things into something more than what they are. This creates more anger and frustration. It is very hard to differentiate between anger that is reasonable and anger that is simply mood based. My goal is to be able to differentiate the two because I know how difficult it is for people to deal with unreasonable anger and mood swings. If I ever feel like I’m upset or angry for a bad reason I try to write down my feelings. If I still feel the same way a day later, then maybe it is a reasonable cause to be angry. Either way, the important thing is to always look at things in light because holding a grudge for no reason is a waste of time spent being happy and having fun.