Hey, blogettes! It's me, and it is hard to think that it is almost summer! My school only has 14 more days left, and 13 more days if you don't count the day that we will be going on our field trip. There is also sign up forms for next year's Jr. High sports, and this time I will be a legit part of Jr. High. I am really pumped about that because I have a precise label rather than people saying well I don't know what to call you because you aren't necessarily a part of elementary anymore, and yet you are not at the grade levels that are commonly found to make up Jr. High. I signed up for cross country today, and I think I will do great not to have a big head or anything, because I love to run. I won't necessarily say that I am fast, but I am not slow either. I run at a steady pace. I ran my mile in 7 minutes and 45 seconds, just to give you an idea of how fast I run.
I am a dieheart runner. When I run, I feel like a whole other person, I feel like there is nothing stopping me, and that I am free just to be myself. When I run, I lose all the drama, and stress that the day has thrown me or is going to throw me when I go for morning runs. As you grow older, I guess you realize that your amount of opportunities grow, and that there are more doors that are open. You just have to choose the right ones to take, and yes, you will take wrong turns that will result in falls, and embarrassment, but that is okay because you are human.
For me, I have had to realize that there are people out there in the world, and sometimes even your own classmates that expect you to be perfect, but know what? If everyone was perfect, there would be no such thing as heaven, and the Earth would be boring, and there would be more violence if someone didn't agree on the answer of something. Just remember this, you are perfect just the way you are.
Here's the thing. You will never realize all the opportunities out there until you find out who you really are and what opportunities are the ones that will benefit you. You've got to believe in yourself and go with your gut. You have got to be a leader and lead your own life. You can't let your friends decide what you are going to do forever. That won't benefit you at all. You've got to take action and fight for the things that you want. The easy route won't always work, and people won't always be there to cover for you. That means that you shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes, you should try your best at everything, and not shy away. Hiding will get you no where, and I learnt that as well.
I'm not telling you how to lead your life or anything, I am just saying that there are plenty of opportunities out there for you, it's just that you truly haven't picked any of them until you find out who you really are, and if those opportunities are the ones that you really want to pick up on. I'll give you an example. I attended the softball meeting and by that afternoon on the same day, it hit me, softball and swim team were not going to be my things because I don't like getting up early in the summertime. It hit me that it was either going to be track, volleyball, or cross country if our school offered it to Jr. High students which it does, and I was going to pick up on cross country.
Oddly enough, my sister is doing cross country next year as well.
Oh, I am going to end this post with a PSA, please don't forget to wear blue this Friday to stand against bullying, and speak out against it to say that it is not okay and needs to stop. This is something that hits close to home for me because I had a rough three years of it myself.
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