“Learn to like what doesn't cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.
Learn to like people, even though some of them may be different...different from you.
Learn to like to work and enjoy the satisfaction doing your job as well as it can be done.
Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs.
Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.
Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.
Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others.”


Lowell C. Bennion

Jun 1, 2011

Slap to the face.

Today was the last full day that I could be considered a high school student.
It didn't hit me until now. And this is not a good reality check to experience,
especially after a day of sweet adventure.
I never thought i would have any regrets after high school, but I can already feel 'em coming.
My biggest one, is that I didn't get to know such fabulous people until now.
I have connected with so many more people in the past 6 months, than I did in my entire high school career. That's killing me right about now.

For example, this last weekend. I spent it in St. George with the funnest girls, and i didn't know half of them until this year. How pathetic. I feel like i've known these girls my whole life, and now the only time we have together before we move out, is this summer.

Let's just pray that the next 3 months of my life is full of those yearbook requests, to "party during the summer", that usually never happen. Because if any of those requests don't follow through, I am positive that I will be crushed in some small way.

So cheers to the Class of 2011. Tomorrow will be glorious. But let's be real. I'll be crying. Don't judge.

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