Relient K may be the best band in the world.

As long and annoying as my day was, I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it.
Though this post may be more personal than you would expect it to be, I hope that you still get something out of it... "you" being whoever reads this.

Today was so magical. I feel like I'm finally getting my friends back.
For the last couple weeks (or months?) I've just felt I've had a lot of "acquaintances" who I talk to and are friends with, but never really got to know or spend with time with...

Towards the end of the summer I even lost one of my very good friends, but God is slowing revealing his glory to me. I have tried my best to be patient, and now I finally see the beautiful picture ahead of me. This ex-friend and I are reuniting. :)

Sometimes I feel like the people closest to me have never understood the magnitude of the effect this "break up" had on me and my lifestyle. I honestly believe that I have changed for the better because of it, but I KNOW I am put where I am for a reason. Yay for God!

Over the past 3 long days, I've definitely become much more grateful of the people around me, especially parents and teachers.
I'm doing a project in my Student Council class about compassion and I've learned a lot. I thought I was compassionate, but I have a long way to go...


Why are we so afraid to talk to people we don't know very well? Why do we turn away or lower our head when someone we don't know well enough to judge talks to us? What is the HARM in conversation? This is very important.