We Are Not Immortal

With all the horrible things happening in the world today, one can sometimes get lost in the tragedy of others. We think of how horrible it is that whatever happened to them happened to them. We feel bad and pray for them, at least I do. Maybe some of us put ourselves in their shoes, maybe we don't.

When we were younger, teenagers, life was great wasn't it? Nothing could ever go wrong. You never got hurt. No one ever died. Nothing ever happened to you or your family or your friends. You were invincible... Until something actually did happened. Well, then it's time to grow up fast. That's when you learn that people die, people get hurt, and that could include you or your loved ones.

When I was younger, I knew about cancer and other terminal diseases and illnesses, but I never thought any of that would happen to anyone I knew. Until it did. The first time it did, I was too young to understand. But, the second time... The second time was a huge reality check. I was not invincible. If someone I love can get cancer, it can certainly happen to me or others I love.

The big thing people don't understand is something I mentioned above: when we were younger, we thought we were invincible. That's part of the reason why teenagers are so reckless, they don't understand this concept because they've never been exposed to it, until they are exposed to it.

I'm not saying I was reckless before, but I'm certainly too careful now. The world isn't safe, maybe it never was. But, that shouldn't stop us from living the one life we are given. This is something we forget also. We aren't immortal, but we should at least live life to its fullest whether we are terminally ill, wheelchair bound, differently abled, depressed, or completely healthy. I admire those that do even  in the midst of all this terrible stuff happening.

Spring is Here!

I planted some flowers!

I can't put up any pictures yet because dirt is just boring. But the flowers I hope will spring up are California Poppies and Coleus.

                              Poppy                                                                                                                                  Coleus

I hope they grow... I've had awful luck with flowers. They never grow for me. Ryan planted the Coleus and the Poppies are mine. I will sing to them and read them stories! Not really, but if that worked, I would definitely do it. I also want to plant watermelon and pumpkins but I think those are basically impossible for me to grow, so I'll stick to flowers for now..

I want to grow a flower garden and have tea in it! I will draw my vision one day and post it on here. This is my dream and it will happen. (:

In other news, I am taking a poetry class this quarter and I love it. I normally don't read or write poems plainly because I don't understand them but maybe that was just my lack of exposure and lack of learning about them. I have become slightly more familiar with poems since my last class on creative writing so I didn't come to this class totally unknowing. I'm hoping to learn more about poems and give my life more meaning basically by learning to express myself (through looking at other people's poetry) in a deeper way. - Definitely part of the bettering myself process.

I hope my flowers grow!