Stop and Smell the Roses
No commentsI seem to find it difficult to take the time to stop and smell the roses. My fiancee, Kristi, often reminds me about this, thank goodness. Take my house, for instance, I am 24 years old and am building a brand new house in an up and coming area. It may sound silly, but in my youth, I often dreamed of having a new house, like many of my friends’ families. So this is a dream come true for me. However, I don’t display the emotion of excitement very well, and now that it is happening, I don’t really think about how much I dreamed of it in years past, because I’m too busy looking at the benefits the house will give us down the line. I’m just looking ahead at what can be instead of what is, as usual. And I always thought women were difficult to figure out.
Truth of the matter is, I have a ton to be thankful for. First off, I have a great circle of family and friends that surround me, I live in a first world country, and I am active and healthy. I am 24 years old, am college educated, have a fiancee who cares about me dearly, am building a house, have a career path set for myself and have a fire under my ass to help me reach my goals. I’m not one to look back on things and dwell but every once in a while, it is nice to look back on your life and know that the decisions that you made have been for something and reaffirm that you are heading in the right direction.
So here and today, I am stopping to smell the roses.
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