Dreams

Today was one of those days where as I am writing this is the first time I have been able to relax. You know one of those days where you feel like you have been busy all day moving around and haven't had the time to sit back and prop your feet BUT I'm taking a couple minutes to write.

As I am writing this I am listening to some Dave Matthews, the freaking man! The first week of classes is almost over, I just have one more day to go, you know that day called FRIDAY. On a side note you know what I love, is when someone goes out of their way to say hello. I just had a friend knock on my door  that lived here last semester and transferred to a different college for the spring semester, and the person came up to visit someone friends and just came to my door to say hello. Its the LITTLE THINGS. Those things are the things that can put a smile on my face.

As all of you know it was Martin Luther King day on Monday, which means there were NO CLASSES...leggggo! Today after my last class, I decided to go to a MLK March because I thought it would be interesting to hear some speakers, and it would count as points towards class too. I suppose I shouldn't leave that out. Overall, I thought the presentation and speech went well. Nothing is ever perfect right? Might have been a couple secs here or there when my eyes got a little tired, but for the most part I was awake the entire time. When you think of MLK, you think of a African American man right? The man that came today to give a speech had a odd looking name, and when he was introduced he was actually Caucasian. I was a little surprised, and as I looked around some of the people in the room were as well. The speaker began to speak and without going through the whole speech he talked about how growing up in highschool he came from a redneck town and was racist even though his parents raised him to be a Christian and love each other. He went through college and ended up traveling through 37 states after he graduated with what money he had, because he didn't know what else to do with his life. Long story short, he is a changed man and now goes and speaks to many universities. Through his whole speech, there was one part that REALLY got my attention.

The speaker talked about HOPE. How Dr. King, gave us all HOPE that one day everyone would be equal, that we would all get a long, that we would come together as one to make this world a better place. Yes, had all of this been accomplished? No way, Dr. King has changed the world in ways we probably don't even understand. I titled this post as DREAMS. Do you have a dream or dreams, I sure as heck do! One of my friends came up to me, and yes he was joking around but he said, "Hey whats your major again?" I replied "Psychology" His response was,"Well what in the world are you going to do with that after you graduate" Mind you, the guy was I believe half being a jokester, but it really made me think. Yes, I know which ever path I choose down the road in my life won't be easy, nor would I really want it to be. It's about staying motivated. Whatever it may be I know I as well as everyone has to keep motivated. Sometimes I need someone to doubt me, or hear what other people truly feel to stay on track. Heck I have a lot to think about, but don't we ALL? My point is that, there will be people out there that may doubt you, or you might be scared or nervous for what the future holds. Heck, to say I'm not at times would be lieing to you and myself BUT sometimes its that fear or worry that keeps me going. Everyone has a way of keeping there head on straight, to me its knowing I am going to have to work for what ever I want to accomplish in my life. Martin Luther King believed and had HOPE, and so should YOU. This life can bite sometimes, but at the end of the day I LOVE IT. No one can write your life story except you. YOU are your own author to your autobiography. You see someone struggling, give them a hug. You see someone that looks exhausted, act a FOOL and put a smile on their face. You see someone that is doubting themselves, don't lecture them, but rather reassure them somehow that you have confidence in them. Now everyone has a way of lifting someone elses spirits, bottom line you'll do what you believe is best.

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During the speech, the speaker talked about how some random person in newspaper wrote decades ago a question. The question was ,"What is wrong with the world?" The mans response was just TWO WORDS. Can you guess what it was????.....The answer was... "I AM"

No one said to change someone, or tell you what to do BUT as individuals I feel we can put our foot forward to make this life we like to live BETTER. You can do it, the question is, do you want to? Ask yourself that. I know my response, what is yours.

I will leave you with one last thing, before the speaker ended his speech, the last words he said was,

"Are you going to change the world, or are you going to let the world change you?"

Grant Heydenreich