Let Go To Grasp

One must let go to grasp. The above statement may sound confusing to some, yet after a clearer explanation, it may soon become your very own new, striking revelation. The mind needs to run wild to be able to understand exhaustive concepts. Letting go of one’s preconceived perceptions may allow one to be more open to new ideas. If all you ever did was staying the same and static, you would be unable to adapt to our changing world. If you cannot adjust, you will be left behind. Therefore, it is extremely important to be able to grow from your experiences throughout life. To be able to grasp a notion, you must leave your inhibitions at the door, so that you can take in the knowledge.

Peace & Love,

Allison

Reasoning with Responsibility

Responsibility. When does it actually come into play in our lives? Are we being responsible when we share our toys when we are little? Or, alternatively, is responsibility a much bigger matter? Would it be comparable to remembering all of our family member’s birthdays without being reminded by someone else? Is it cleaning up after our selves or taking the trash out without being told to do so? There’s no physical line we cross to become adults; it just rather happens somehow. College is the place where I have truly learned to be responsible for myself, as well as my actions. No one is telling you what to do all day. It is not even similar to going away camp, since they wake you up at a certain time and drag you out to do activities. No, responsibility is a personal decision that you take on. It comes at a wide variety of ages for different people, but at some point or another, we all need to be held accountable for what we say and do.

Being the youngest child, I have been called the “baby” my whole life, yet my parents tell me that I am the most conscientious and reliable child of all the three girls. I feel as if our responsibility is rooted deeply within us from the beginning of our lives. Growing up, my parents divorced when I was in the second grade. My mother ran her own business, while my father went from job to job. I was never oblivious to our money concerns, so perhaps I always felt a need to work and take care of other people in my family. No matter where our need to be responsible comes from, hopefully by the time we leave college we have become mature enough to handle the world. The key is not just to be able to take care of ourselves, but to have the maturity, wisdom, and intelligence to take care of the people around us. Selfishness is a quality we are all born with. When we are little, we truly believe the world revolves around us. Yet, growing up is realizing that there are many other people in this great, big world, and putting yourself as number one is not the way to true happiness.
My blog is not all about questions or even about finding answers. It is simply an outlet for thought.

Peace & Love,
Allison

The In-Between Years

My latest idea for a novel has sprung from my own experience.  We are so often told to write what we know... here is what I have come to know as true.  The four (or sometimes five or six, depending on who you are) years that we spend in college are unlike any other time in our lives. We are sometimes forced to inhabit substandard living conditions; not to mention dealing with annoying, loud, or even thieving roommates. Our class load is sometimes too difficult to handle at times, yet vacations such as Spring Break and the summer time calm our nerves.  Some experiences are better than others, but in the end, they all teach us something about our selves. In turn, we grow from adolescent high school students into knowledgeable young adults (well, most of us do). We develop our minds, bodies, and spirits in ways we could have never imagined possible. Individually, I have learned who I am as a person, friend, sister, daughter, and girlfriend. As a whole, I have learned who I want to be "when I grow up." 

Peace & Love,

Allison

Write Right Now

Lately my writing has become extremely important to me; it is my outlet for fun, anger, and boredom. I enjoy writing so much because it gives me a chance to let my feelings out. I know there must be a profitable way to live my life and do what I love at the same time. A dream of mine is to publish a book, although the ideas for this novel have yet to come to me (only in bits and pieces). Leo Babauta writes in his blog, freelanceswitch, that there are just a few steps to becoming a free lance blog writer. I had never really heard of this before, so I was extremely intrigued. He does note though to not quit your day job, yet that you can blog from basically anywhere at any time of the day. He said the first step is to create your own blog, which is what I am doing right now. Then the next part in the process is to get noticed and hopefully continue on to guest blog. I am not quite sure what the future holds for me quite yet, but I am hoping this will be the start I need.

Peace & Love,

Allison