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As 2014 comes to a close and 2015 opens up a new road ahead, I am filled with nothing but gratefulness. 2014 was an important and unique year of my life. I grew immensely as a person and I hope to continue to grow and expand my mind, heart and soul as 2015 unfolds.
The first half of 2014 was filled with anticipation of what’s to come.
College. Moving away. New friends. New experiences.
My hands sought for more. I knew the road ahead was a wide one. Full of possibilities. Good and bad. But my heart was open to tackle change and make the best of anything that was yet to come.
Then, college came.
It was everything and nothing I expected it to be.
As I reflect on my first semester of college, I am taken back with every memory, every tear and every laugh that it has brought me.
It pushed me in every sense.
Most importantly, it taught me about hard work. In everything, an effort must be made. That’s how you show love, and how you cultivate it.
As I met new friends and cherished old ones, I learned that it takes more than good vibes and funny moments to create genuine connections. It takes work and the work you put in is how you show to others and yourself how much you value a certain friendship.
Moving away gave home a strange feeling. Something that was always comfortable became different. New. I saw things in regards to the relationship I had with my family that I never noticed before. I saw its greatness and brokenness and I sought to work to make it better. I never thought that home was something that should take a lot of effort. It’s supposed to be comfortable. Broken in. But just because something is familiar does not mean it cannot be better.
Love and romance took a new shape for me. I correlated love with home, and I felt that if it’s comfortable, then it must not need work. I was wrong. A farewell and a new hello showed me that.
It’s a new year and I want to dwell only on what’s to come so there is no point in going over farewells. It’s been dealt with and in the past it will stay.
I have met someone extremely significant and I feel nothing but excitement and joy with what’s to come with our relationship. The hard work that we’ve put into what we have and the work that we are willing to put to make it the the best it can be is what makes it so good. There is so much to look forward to and it’s crazy because we have not known each other for a long time but I can already feel the next years with him. I have never felt so sure.
With all that I’ve experienced and learned in 2014, I am beyond grateful.
I still have ways to go but with all that I’ve learned and the person I am becoming, I look forward to 2015 with positivity, courage and hopefulness.
Near Catherine de Barnes,(Catney), Solihull, West Midlands, England
by ragged robin’s nature notes
This little bugger was Typewriter Series #200 a few years back. Hope you dig it this night.
*autumn-atically posts a hike pic for the first day of fall* 🍂 (at Buttermilk Falls State Park)
