I was recently challenged to write about something good. It's strange: I consider myself a very positive, uplifting person, but when I look back at several of my old posts, they seem to be really whiny and negative. This will change that streak.
I suppose I'll start by mentioning a sighting of some strange, foreign, yellow object that appeared high above the Auburn sky today. It was reported being seen from about 6:30 AM this morning and was eventually seen falling below the horizon in the west at about 7 o'clock this evening. That's right, the sun was finally out today for the first time in over three days. Looking around, the sky seemed extra blue and the grass seemed extra green. It was like I could see every speck of dirt of the infield at the softball game. Mother Nature's HD.
It was fun to consider the prospects of my future yesterday. I wonder where I'll be in a mere 10 years? I can't wait to marry my best friend. I can't wait to earn a living. I can't wait to see the look on my kids' faces when I tell them to get off the computer. I wonder if they'll be driving flying cars.
Even though the future is sure to be great, there are so many great things in Matt's 2009 existence as well: friends, family, school, banana split ice cream sandwiches, Advil Cold & Sinus, among millions of other things.
I am blessed.
And I only have One to thank.
5 comments:
Nice. That was a very refreshing post. I do not doubt that you met and surpassed the challenger's expectations.
I did find it strange that you are generally positive in person, but seem to be more glass-half-empty when you blog.
Question: Why were you awake at 6:30 in the morning on a Sunday? I suppose your princess sleep was more princess and the pea than anything else. Perhaps you should remove that small green vegetable I planted under your bottom mattress if you wish to sleep tonight.
I am glad you did see the sun rise this morning. Literally and figuratively.
Ten years. It seems like an eternity considering I can't really remember the first ten years of my life, so I essentially I only have ten conscious years under my belt. It seems I will have lived another very different life by then, and so it shall be soon. However, I am resistant to change. It terrifies me. Change has never been easy or painless for me. Goodbyes shatter my world. I just don't like any of it.
By the time you have kids they will have computers in their brains. You won't be able to regulate when they are off or on.
Banana split ice cream sandwiches? Sounds pretty gross. Still, you are blessed. Praise God!!!
I wasn't up at 6:30am to see the sun rise. I took that info from the little gnome that makes me breakfast every morning. A princess has got to do what a princess has got to do.
Wait. You lied?
No I looked at the astronomical time data on Weather Underground.
Don't sass me, son.
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