March Submissions

There are three submissions for this month and one extra blog submission.  Please make sure you read all 4 submissions and comment on all of them.  Your comments are due Monday, April 7th by 11:59 pm.

Rebecca

The way I see it

Life today, the way we see it we tend to focus more on the negative aspects rather than the good, it seems easier to fill up our heads with the “what ifs” “how comes” “why.” Instead of the “good jobs” “better luck next time” and “good try.” Something so small can have the biggest impacts on our actions whether its things not going your way or someone not liking you back. Stuff like this can totally make our day pretty crappy. And when we get in those crappy moods you just want to crawl into bed and stay away from anyone and everyone but in reality no one is going to put up with that, you know besides our mothers of course.. I think what we forget to do in life is appreciate the little things, and people themselves. Everyone is focused on seeing the big picture rather than focusing on the minor, yet great details themselves. This happens throughout everyday life, have you noticed that not many people are even grateful they woke up this morning, no hug or an ‘I love you’ is said to each of your family members, no one stops and notices the beautiful lady bug that is crawling around on the leaf. This is mostly because we take things for granted.. in reality everyone is only focused on themselves, not really caring if the person standing next to them is having an awful day. I don’t know about you but when someone gives me a compliment it totally makes my day better I feel more confident and happy. To me compliments and laughter make the world go round. People should take the time to step back, soak up the sun, live, and spread as much joy as they can. Who wants to be a negative Nancy  and mope around waiting for something to happen when the power is in your hands to make any situation or mood better than what it was before. Start by taking these words into consideration “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness, Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place” –Kurt Vannegut. And that’s just it people! The world is such a beautiful place, and most of the world you still haven’t experienced theres so much beauty in every country with every language that goes along with it. From nature, art, to streets everything has an awe to it you just have to search to find it. Keep in mind that its ok for you to mess up and not always have such a positive attitude towards everything because some days are harder than others, and there are everyday challenges that you have to overcome that people might not get and its understandable. As long as your happy with how your attitude is towards people and the way you present yourself then more power to you. Keep your head up and don’t forget that everything that you are going through is temporary things could always change.

Alyssa--Extra Submission

Never Forgotten

In my head it was all a thrill

a place where everything seemed real

No worries, no doubt, I took the wheel

A nightmare at first but I changed the route

I know we will meet again no doubt

but I was not ready to let go and pout

His words of wisdom made me much stronger

but sad that I would not hear them much longer

Thinking that this day would come, only made it much harder

But I know we will never part

because grandpa, I will always hold you dear to my heart.