Perspective

    It’s something we all do. Everyday. Take thing in life for granted. I’m not talking like, “oh I wish i’d gone here” or “ I wish i had done this.” For me, this is about the bigger picture. The people I care about most. My family, my friends, and most importantly, God.
    I was reading this book called Crazy Love by Francis Chan yesterday and a quote popped out at me. On average, people spend 10 minutes a day with God , but Americans can watch four hours of TV a day. And here I was talking to my sister, my 13 year old sister and we both were just taken aback because you never really stop to look at it that way. So, at church that night, I felt like the worst person. That’s just the beginning. I love God, as do many people, and I know he will always be there. I guess what I take granted most, or what it seems, is the people I love around me.
    My friend recently lost her mother. Her MOTHER. This is the person a girl is supposed to be the closest with, tell all her secrets to, and be a best friend. For me, hearing that was unimaginable. My mother has always been around and I have never been put in that position. When that happened, I realized how short life can be. I not only called my mom that day, but my dad, my sister, my grandparents and others who I love. Everyday, people take life for granted, when it can be gone in a second. It’s hard too, not to get caught up with everything else going on. School, work, sports, girlfriends/boyfriends/ and social life. At then end of the day though, you have to realize who is always there for you.
    My friends are a different story. Well some of them. I once read that you have 3 types of friends : Your lifetime friends, your reason friends, and your season friends. My lifetime friends, whom I love, will always be there, and I know this. I’ve learned that I can fall back on them whenever I need and I love each and everyone of them for that. The next two are the people I tend to take for granted.    
    I recently transferred from a school in NJ. Not until I left did I realize how much I missed it and everything about the people there. It’s one of those things where I miss it so much, it hurts to think about. Maybe I don’t talk to those people everyday anymore, or see them and that is the hard part. I know though, that God put those people in my life for a reason. To get me through some of the hardest times up there that I had. He also put some of them into my life for a season, to make everything better.
    The even harder part about leaving some of them, is the fact that I haven’t really found anyone like them at my new school. I love my new school : the teachers, the classes, and my sport, but friendship is missing. This has led me to go on and find out new things about myself , which is why I am pursuing this blog, and pursuing my faith and growing as a person while I am at it.
    When I take a look back to a year ago, and realize the change in my life, it almost makes me sad, until I realize how LUCKY I am to have been blessed with so many people in my life. I do not want to take any moment for granted, even the bad ones, because that would mean I disagree with God’s plan for me. So when I look to the future, I am to love more, appreciate more, open myself to anything, because I don’t know when my last day here could be, no one does.