A Full Life of the Mind

Dear Thanksgiving, you're a fabulous holiday. All about love, and family, and being thankful. The food is a nice touch, too. I'm sorry most people would skip you if it meant having Christmas come sooner. But Christmas is pretty awesome, too. Anyway, I do love this holiday. Dear family, man, I love you guys!! You are a crazy bunch for sure, but I couldn't be more thankful for each and every one of you and our relationship. Dear step family, I shouldn't even put you in your own category, because you guys are as much family to me as the ones who are related by blood. I'm grateful that all of you have accepted me into your hearts and your close family circles. Dear friends, as a whole, you guys are one diverse group, and I couldn't be happier with all the relationships I've gained over the years. You guys light my life. You help me when I'm down. And although we will most likely go on different paths at some point in our lives, I won't forge...

Two months ago, I had a set in stone plan of how my life was going to be on this very day, November 13, 2016. I knew were I was going to be, I knew I would have straight A's in school, I would be happy in a job, I would have friends here in La Grande, I wouldn't be stressed about money, I wouldn't be sad. If I looked into the future two months ago, I saw pure happiness. Little did I know most of those things were not God's plan for me. Today I am not in Forest Grove like I had planned to be two months ago, and the reasons for that are reasons of me protecting my heart, and specifics I probably won't share. Today, I am not getting straight A's. I have two A's and a C. To be honest, one of my classes is almost a B. I haven't been studying as hard as I should be, although I am not completely failing. For the most part I think I'm doing good! But me finishing essays at 1am was not how I figured my life would be at the moment. The good news is I...

To be honest, I've been struggling really hard trying to decide what to write about lately. I've juggled topics like change, the church, updating on life, my outing with my grandpa the other day, etc. ((If you want me to write about any of those, you can always comment or tell me on any social media, or text me, and I will dedicate a post to whichever everyone wants :)) But today, I finally found something I felt was worth talking about... I'm sure those reading have social media, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Instagram. And because you have these things, I bet you've seen what has been happing in the last 24 so hours. Hate. SO. MUCH. HATE. This is all because as Americans, we have the freedom to express our opinions. ((The freedom of speech is so awesome)) We have the power to elect people to run our great, and young, country. But because of that freedom that our ancestors have fought so hard to grant, we come to some problems. The major one...