My roommate’s feet while sleeping yesterday.
With the stress of finals, papers, and presentations looming over me and the added stress of Christmas (as much as I love it, it stresses me out that I can’t even concentrate on it with all the stuff I’ve got going on), I have started to see the more important things in life. I don’t get to see or talk to my family very much at school, so I rely on my friends for moral support, and let me just say I have the best friends a girl could ever ask for. We get excited for each other when good things are happening and we try to pick each other up when we’re down. I am so lucky to live with three girls who, besides little living quarrels, never bother me and make me happy.
Yesterday, for instance, we should have been studying but we all sat down, talked, and watched Youtube videos for over an hour, having a blast just spending time with one another. We’ve all been really stressed out, but sometimes the ways to de-stress is not to get your work done, but to take a break and focus on what’s really important in life.
I have realized this semester, which has been the most stressful few months of my life in regards to schoolwork, that academic learning is not the most important thing in my life, and there is no point getting overly stressed about it. Sure, I want to graduate with a good GPA and get a good job, but what really matters is that I make the most of the little time I have here on earth with the ones I love. If I didn’t have my friends here with me or my family to support me, there would be no happiness in my life. Sure, in general school makes me happy, but what’s the point of knowledge if you have no one to share it with?
So, this Christmas, I am not only thankful for my Savior dying for my sins, but I am thankful that God created love, because it is the only thing people have to hold on to when times are at their worst. It is the only thing that gives a person hope when all odds are against them. It brings faith when when there is nothing else to believe in. My love for God, my friends, and my family has pulled me out of many sticky situations, which I know will happen again and again until my last day on earth.
What are you thankful for today and this Christmas season?
Love the tattoo… so cute and little. I have a little tatto on my big toe. Got in college. People ask if I regret it… i don’t at all. It reminds me of those days..yikes. 18 years ago! Wow. I said it.
What am i grateful for? definitely the grace of my Savior, the gift of The Son, healing in my life, and bountiful blessings that I really don’t deserve. Oh yes and coffee too! :)