This morning, I sit at my computer typing this blog post with a little over an hour before I begin my first day of Physical Therapy school. In a little over an hour, I will begin a three-year trek to what will most likely become my career for the rest of my life. Although I said that I was going to start editing my posts, this will not be the first. I feel though, that I have an obligation to write down some thoughts before I head off to my first day of graduate school.
Lately, I've been thinking about what it means to lead a good life. I've come to the conclusion that there are many factors that make it possible to lead a good life, but it ultimately comes down to one main thing: live a good life.
Life gives us many opportunities to mess up. You are given so many chances to do things that you probably shouldn't do. And sometimes, we do those things anyway. And really, sometimes, we should do those things (you can insert the types of things that you believe I'm talking about). Doing those things is part of growing up, and part of learning.
But there comes a time in a young persons life where they grow up. It happens gradually, and most people don't realize that it's happening at the time. That is the way it should be, because growing up is a process. When you graduate from high school, you stand on the brink of freedom: college. College is where you are going to do a lot of those things that you probably shouldn't do. Then again, college is the place that you should do them (as long as you don't kill anybody or get arrested, which unfortunately a lot of people do). That is where you can learn from your mistakes, which is part of the process of growing up. But then you graduate.
After you graduate, you are expected to have gone through the process of growing up. You are expected to get a job. Your parents might kick you out of the house. Binge drinking is frowned upon. You wake up at 7:00 to be at work by 8:00 as opposed to sleeping until 12:47 to be at class by 12:50. You have stepped onto a new playing field. So if those are the new rules, what is the new objective of the game? Living a good life.
In my thoughts on life over the last few days I've realized that you can be happy by keeping up good relationships around you with your friends and family. But it is also important to make good relationships with people you don't know: the person you pass on the street or stand next to in line at a check out. Be nice to people. Be friendly. Don't do things that you are going to wake up in the morning and regret having done the night before (God knows I've had plenty of these mornings). Live a stable, balanced life. Fill your day with things that make you happy, but also with things that you have to work for. Those are the things worth having anyway.
Well, I suppose that is it for me this morning. A little preview of what is to come on this blog:
+ A new layout!
+ A post regarding my tips to living a good life (I know I just did that post, this one will have concrete examples)
+ updates on my transition into becoming an urban cowboy city runner in Richmond
+ nutrition information
Stay classy, friends.
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