So I tried blogging earlier and got everything written but blogger wouldn't open the window so I could add pictures so I decided to save the draft and try adding pictures later. When I got on to try and add the pictures again I went in to my drafts and it didn't save, however I did find this draft of a blog I started to write on 10/28/09 and I think it goes perfectly with the topic I was blogging about.
"TITLE: I wish I could say I LOVE BYU Basketball but....
So tonight was the BYU Basketball tip-off and being the fanatical college basketball fan that I am I went (and because I needed a break from studying). Being used to Arizona basketball and their fans I was way disappointed when I showed up and their was hardly anyone there."
It is crazy how much things have changed since then. When I started the draft above I can remember being really disappointed and wanting to be in Arizona, and going to Wildcat basketball games, where they had a lot of fans, not just 4,000. However I have changed and am now a BYU fan, and BYU basketball definitely changed and in two years went from very few fans to selling out the 22,700 seat Marriott Center (~9,000 more that UA holds) every game at the end of the season this year.
When I started at BYU, I missed a lot of stuff from Arizona, and I wasn't sure that what I would gain would be worth it, however it has definitely turned out to be that way. I have been receiving a great education, making great friends, learning life lessons and by giving up Arizona basketball I was able to watch THE National Player of the Year and Basketball sensation for two outstanding seasons. All of these things I wasn't sure would happen.
Emerson's quote is very repetitive, the second part says pretty much the exact same thing as the first part, a little pointless right...no, I think it just adds emphasis. When I am feeling sad because I am missing something, I can look to the future because there is something to gain, like when I first started at BYU. Now I am happy at BYU and living in Utah, but when I read posts from my Mom about great weekends, I get a little sad I'm here and I just have to remember that because I am gaining something, I will miss out on other things but to be happy with what I have. Although I missed a fun weekend in Arizona(especially playing with my adorable niece and nephew), this weekend was really fun. I played kickball and frisbee, had a ward BBQ, redecorated my apartment, went to the Temple, went to my cousin's son's baptism and hung out with that family, made cream puffs for dessert at Sunday dinner and went on a date to see a production of The Diary of Anne Frank, all of which I wouldn't have done if I were in Arizona.
Lesson learned, Don't be afraid of change and be happy with what you are getting because it will probably turn out better than you imagined. Last year I regretted not going home to Arizona for the summer at multiple points but if I had gone home for the whole summer I might have never tried making cream puffs or taken golf class, both of which I do not regret one bit and have changed who I am today. I look forward to the continued change life will provide me.
No comments:
Post a Comment