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Life Is Crazy, But Its Time We Start Enjoying It

Life throws us curve balls, but we decide how we catch them.

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Life Is Crazy, But Its Time We Start Enjoying It
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This summer a lot has changed. I started waitressing, reconnected with someone special and learned a lot about what is important.

The title of my article is, "Be Happy" and this title has been my motto since summer started. Freshman year was an absolute blast. My first year of college taught me a lot about life and what the real world is like. But the focus of my title is happiness and I want to speak on happiness for a little bit.

Sometimes, I myself tend to take on my friends' burdens as my own. But you can only help someone so much till it ends up driving you crazy. Yes, this is me this summer. Friends always come to one another for advice on everything. But sometimes the problem is themselves and you have tried and tried to point that out. My result of me trying to help a friend out and make them realize a problem has driven me to distance. But I realized that it brought me less stress and is leading me to happiness. Friends can cause you to lose sight of what you need to be worried about sometimes because they are too dependent on you rather than themselves. So remove yourself if you are getting tired of a friend situation for a while and take some time for yourself.

Love is another thing I avoided this school year, as you have read my previous articles. But I reconnected with someone I loved and still love. I let go and moved on from them, but somehow I believe God just does not want us to be over with. Call me crazy but I believe that God removes people permanently and only for a little bit. So, I gave in and gave it a try. Let me tell you that same spark I had when I was 16 is still here. Love can either make you sad or happy. It is the way you choose to make it. God places people in our lives for a reason good or bad. Just find happiness in love.

Life, in general, this summer has brought me sunny days, more money, and happiness. I have been busy. I have been traveling. There is nothing else I'd rather be doing this summer than being happy. So to my readers, be happy.

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