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Today I'm feeling very contemplative.
I've got a lot on my mind...nothing in particular, just lots going on inside my head.
Moments ago, I picked up a book that I started reading in high school but only got to chapter 4. Now that I'm about to turn 21, I figure I might as well finish it. It's called "It's Not About Me: Live Like You mean it, Teen Edition." by Max Lucado.
I just read something that struck me. It said: "Tucked away in each of us is a hunch that we were made for forever and a hope that the hunch is true." Forever...that's a long stinkin' time. Like, I was just trying to imagine forever in my mind... then I came across an illustration, it basically said that our lives are like a grain of sand in the dunes of time. Wow.... and that's not even what forever is. It's really humbling to have that mental picture. Life is so short...but we can do so much with it. In the grand scheme of life, we're each here for a moment, but with our moment we can change the world. I need to step up, I need to step out, things have to change. I can't sit here in my comfort anymore. When my commitments are done- I'm getting out. That might be a couple years, but when that time comes I'm going to make a big change. As for right now, I'll make the changes I can.
Things are going to happen in my moment that will affect forever.