As I'm sitting here at the computer writing this, I wonder why the hell I'm doing it. The chances that someone reads this are slim-to-none, but the question is: "do I even care?" It's been a crazy couple of months filled with some drama, family problems, but most of all... inner battles. I've reached yet another point in my life where I've started to re-evaluate everything. I remember when things were easy... when I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life, who my true friends were, and which roads I would take to get what I wanted out of life. I thought I had it all figured out, yet here I am questioning everything... again. I've learned to put walls up to "protect" myself from everyone around me throughout my high school years. I've let few people past those walls with hopes that I wouldn't regret it. I don't regret any of it... no matter how many times I got "hurt" along the way. It was all for a good cause. I grew. The problem is that I not only built up this wall to keep others out, but recently I've realized that I built one to keep myself out as well. It's not until recently that I've been able to fully break through and realize that I don't really know what I want out of life... at least not fully. It's a scary thought. I thought I knew I wanted to go to Baylor as a pre-vet Biology major, so I went. I soon realized that I really hated that place. Of course, me being the girl I am, I acted as if I loved it all. Only the ones who knew me too well saw right through my little act, and for that I am ever grateful. I stayed there for two semesters, and all hatred towards the school aside, I enjoyed being with people who truly did care about each other. I met amazing people there, and it really is sad that the school itself ruined my time there. I closed myself off second semester, or at least I tried to. Situations forced me to go out, and I made even more wonderful memories. I had never been so happy to see Summer come. I was finally fully satisfied, and I realized that Baylor really just wasn't the place for me. I transferred, with a ton of hassle due to Baylor 's various offices not communicating with one another, and ended up at HCC. It seemed like the perfect choice: cheap, an overall good school, and closer to home. I would be able to take some time to think about what I really wanted.
It was then that I came to the conclusion that I didn't know what I wanted. I hate not knowing. I've had talk after talk with my parents, and I'm extremely blessed to have parents as amazing as mine. Although I'm not certain as to what my future is, I have been able to receive clarity on other aspects of my life. There are things that I need to get rid of... people who I need to stop relations with... places I need to visit more often. All of these will happen in time. God has brought me so much enlightenment these past months that, in all honesty, takes my breath away. I'm still "blinded" in some areas; however, I realize that I am in control of others. There are those few people in my life that truly do have my best interest at heart, and for that, I thank God for placing them in my life each and every day. I realize that there are others who are using me as a stepping stone in order to rise to the top, and for now, that action will continue... that is until I put a stop to it. I write this not because I want the world to know about my life, but because I want to be able to look back on this and understand that I am not forced to be perfect.... that I am allowed to feel lost, confused, hurt, and alone. I've realized that everyone feels some, or all of these emotions, at some point in their life... and it's okay. We are not meant to be perfect creatures in the eyes of others. We are meant to be perfect in the eyes of God. He created us knowing that we would feel these emotions, but He also knew that they would eventually lead to making us stronger and more in tune with ourselves. Nobody in this world is the true definition of "perfect". I know that I'm not perfect. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life, and in one more semester I'm going to be a junior in college. I should at least have some idea, right? Well, for now...I'm slightly clueless. I've realized that it's okay. I'll know soon enough, my parents and I are sure of it. I look back at who I was at Baylor, and I realize that I really wasn't my "true" self. I regret putting up these walls, and I'm slowly working on breaking them down. Again, I'm not quite sure why I wrote this; however, I don't regret doing so, nor do I regret posting it up for the world to see.
This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't have my entire life set out. I don't know what tomorrow will bring. I don't understand myself sometimes. I do, however, know that at the end of the day, I can officially say that I am happy being me. I'm happy with the friends I have, and the friends to come. My happiness depends on me. I know what makes me tick (although sometimes I think some of my friends know me better than I know myself). I can now wake up in the mornings and say... psh, yeah I hated being at Baylor, and I've been lost along the way... but as of today, I have no problem being lost. Sometimes we have to get lost in order to find our way back towards the right path. I hope whoever actually took the time to read this is blessed each and every day. I hope that everyone of you realizes that feeling lost and confuse is OK. I hope you all can slowly break down those walls you've built and strive to freeing yourself. I hope you all excel in life, and lastly, I hope you all never let anyone change who you are.The end.