It's times like now where I can honestly say that I am glad to live where I live! We don't have to worry about hurricanes, tornado's, tsunamis, earthquakes, or any other natural disaster. Yes we do have to deal with the occational winds, but I would take that anyday over other things! Sometimes we take for granite the little things. We think that our town is just a little "dump" town with nothing to do. When really living in a little town is awesome! It makes you be more creative about ways you have fun. How often do you here of someone living in the valley playing hide and seek with cars, or having a chocolate pudding slip-n-slide? Not very often I can tell you that. We are so lucky to live where we live! As I keep getting closer to leaving home, I have started thinking about how lucky I was to grow up in a little town! I have had so many life learning experiences that I dont believe I would have had growing up in a city.
I feel bad right now for all those in Japan who have been affected by the different natural disasters. I can't imagine having something like that happen where you literally loose everything! Whether that is your home, something special to you, or a loved one, it would suck! I wish there was something that I could do to help them out, because I really am blessed. I have a loving family, a roof over my head, food, and much more. And in Japan right now, many have nothing and don't even know if some of their loved ones are a live or dead. It's just sad. So we have wind, suck it up and deal with it! At least we aren't having to go through what the people in Japan are going through!
We all need to remember, never take anything for granite!! You never know when something may be taken away from you. Things can happen SO fast! Be grateful for what you have and when life seems hard, just look at those around who have it so much worse. It will change your attitude, trust me!
Tess, what you say is so true! Way to be optimistic! I think that a lot of the time we look for all of the bad that our little "dump" town has, when really it offers more than the big cities. Think about it, where else can you go where you know almost every single person that you come in contact with? That is what makes a true community and I think it is awesome. I think that is one of the main things I am going to miss about this little town! Thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteHaha Holbrook is known for it's crazy winds at times but it is a fun little town. I don't live here but because i go to school here i get caught in some of the hub-bub of Holbrook:) Heh, there really is a lot to do here but i prefer my little community. Just remember that Home is where you make it:)
ReplyDeleteIt's so important to recognisethis now, while we are younge to. It's king of like on Star Wars where Master Obiwan says, "there's always a bigger fish."
ReplyDeleteI think as we go to college we will have a lot of trying times, but in every insident, we can look at the big pictureand put our problem into perspective.
Perhaps a way to feel better is to serve someone else. When you are caring for others, you problem lessens. I'm glad wew were raised to learn to count our blessings.