Another Victory?

Imagine life and college as a book, each day a couple pages, and each week a brand new chapter. Some days readings are longer than others and some chapters much more difficult than the previous. Thus has been my life over the past few weeks. I know it has been a while since my last post.

Life has been rather hectic latley, with these last few weeks adding to the pressures of managing your affairs on your own. From the incestuous amounts of reading required for classes its difficult to convince yourself that you are making a dent. My philosophy for when times get tough is to just always remain cool and collected. The hard times won't seem as frightening once they've come to pass. If you panic you will only be making matters worse.

While the first weeks of a term may seem like easy street, its never long until you're swimming over your head. Tests come up fast, whether your prepared or not and some things you deemed important take the back burners for a while. I've had a few tests creep up on me in the last week, some going into I knew wouldn't be an issue and then there are the ones that bring the uncertainty into your life. When receiving that grade and hearing that your grade was above the class average and you were close to highest scorer in the class is always a great feeling. You can't always pick your battles, but when you come out on top you have to take each breath of air with a sense of accomplishment no matter how small the victory may be. If everyone simply gave up at the first sign of discouragement the world would be a much different place.

Treat each new day as a blank slate and don't let the day before or tomorrow affect today. Doing so would not only be unfair to your potential, but it would be a disgrace upon yourself. Treat the joys in your life as if you will never savor them again, but know that there is always a time and a place for everything. You cannot rely simply on hedonism to get you through the day, there is that little flame in your heart that drives your actions. The pursuit of pleasure over accomplishment may seem as if it is worth it, but that is a deep and personal decision that everyone has to make.

Nonetheless, it may seem depressing and gloomy when you walk out the doors of your dormitory only to be confronted by the bite of the bitter cold and see the snow on the ground. I am optimistic though, when I walked outside today I felt a sense of warmth, the weather has eased for the time being, hopefully. I could almost feel the spring within the air. Needless to say I don't doubt that we have another snowfall looming upon us in the near future, but I think the storm that has had so many in hibernation is on its hind legs. I believe that it is almost over and when the last snow bank has melted, snow returns to rain, and the flowers melted that the natural order of the world will once again return to normal. I simply cannot wait for the sunshine upon my face while everyone who has become so accustomed to gray sky revels in sunshine.