As the end of another year approaches, I ask myself what I accomplished this year. I finished high school and got into the most amazing college. I made new friends and collected a new life. The year has really been one of change. It's the turn of a decade, it's time for change. As this decade passes, I realize how much I've grown, how much I've matured. I've come a far way in 10 years. No longer am I a young little elementary school kid, I'm an adult. I am responsible for my own actions and everything I do. I'm the one in charge of my life. This year has been a year of just that, maturity. It was realizing what does and doesn't work. It's facing your fears and knowing when to say no. It's standing up for what you believe in and embodying it.
Henry David Thoreau said it right, "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live life to the fullest."
As I sit here, I realize how right he is. You have to take life for what it is and just keep going. Your heart will break. Some dreams will be smashed. But among that debris, there is the little dream that peeks through. There's that little light screaming at you to keep going, that it will get better. It keeps you going.
So as I step into 2011, I'm thinking not of what was or how my year went, I'm thinking of the future. I'm thinking of everything I'm going to face and everything I'm going to dream. I'm looking towards the light and reminding myself that you can't change the past. You can only change the future.
Goodbye 2010. Hello 2011.
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