Small Moments

Unfortunately, I was not able to capture this beautiful moment on film, though it was a perfect Kodak moment. I was driving home from school and stopped for the bus to let off the elementary school children. This little girl, who was in 1^st grade, hopped off the bus with her pink backpack that was about half her size. She spotted her dad across the street and ran full speed towards him. She was so excited to see him that her head got too far in front of her feet and she stumbled in the middle of the road. She did not let this slow her down; she caught her balance and kept sprinting to her dad’s waiting arms.           

I saw this happen and a huge smile spread across my face. The joy that the little girl had at seeing her dad was something that many don’t experience. I sat there and tried to remember the last time I had been as excited about something. Sadly, it had been a while. I realized that as I get older I lost some of my excitement for the little things in life. I no longer jumped around the room when I got a lollipop or couldn’t wait to go to the grocery store with my mom.  I found that things that used to excite me as a child, started to seem like a chore.  Instead of wanting to go to school, I dreaded it. I no longer wanted to run and get the mail. I guess I started to take for granted these little moments in life that had thrilled me when I ways younger.

Seeing this little girl made me realize how joyous these little moments could be if I let them. If I stopped worrying about how tired I was or what others might think, I believe I would be more excited for life in general. I wanted to rekindle the giddiness that used to be so common in my childhood days, though this was only the first step. I began to worry that even if I did find that joy that, at the first stumble, my excitement would crumble. I tend to look at the small trip- ups in life as a giant issue instead of something that I can easily overcome. I think that part of finding enthusiasm in life is to not let things bother you or get in your way. To be truly happy one needs not to see themselves as the victim of issues but as the conqueror of tough obstacles!

The small moment of seeing this little girl running made me realize how negatively I have been viewing the world. I want to challenge myself and encourage others to join me in being excited; running full speed and not letting anything stop us. If we could find the joy in the little moments, and see obstruction as something to get over instead of an obstacle, I believe that life would turn out more beautiful than before.

Beauty of Books

 

I know the image of books is not something that everyone finds beautiful. While many hate books and find it torture to have to read one. The thing I find most beautiful about a book is the authors. Think about it, these books are someone’s story that they get to share with the world. Weather it is fiction or nonfiction someone wrote it. Books represent all walks of life because the people that wrote books came from all walks of life. The Harry Potter series was written by J.K. Rowling.  She was someone who was, at the time, a single mother in England and who needed welfare to support her daughter and herself. Edgar Allen Poe was an orphan who had to join the military to support himself.  I find it beautiful that so many got to share their story.

For a book to be a thing of beauty it must contain a story of some sort. I believe that most stories contain some lesson that the reader can benefit from. Think about all the books you have read. For me, my favorites are books are the ones that I have learned something from. For example, Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen was where I was confronted by the message that first impressions aren’t always correct. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, also had a lesson for me.  Though some might doubt that this book has any deep lesson besides that a bow and arrow is a great weapon to have in the woods, I saw the lesson that I should be thankful that I live in the country I do. It caused me to appreciate a place where I am not afraid to speak my mind and where I am not forced to sign up for a chance to die in order to get food. The book also shows that life isn’t fair but you cannot just crawl in a ball and let life occur.  You have to fight the best you can. Even children’s books have a message. Take the book Green Eggs and Ham authored by Dr. Seuss.  The lesson I discovered in this book is to be brave enough to try new things. You never know if you will or won’t like it if you never try it. These messages remind me that not just stories but lessons are shared through books.

Though I find books to be an unobserved beauty I wasn’t sure if this was what I wanted to choose as my first blog.  I wanted my first post to be relevant to what this blog assignment means to me. But as I developed my reasoning’s for choosing books I realized that books were the perfect topic to start out this blogging adventure with.  In a way, a blog is someone’s book; a place to write the stories and thoughts that fills your mind. Hopefully, the people that read blogs find themselves learning lesson that will help them in their life.