Things I've Learned This Year

     We may not notice it, but within a years time we all learn new concepts regarding ourselves and or the world we live in. This new knowledge has helped make you the person you are today, so we should always appreciate what we learn. We can make the world a better place by sharing this knowledge with one another so we can each decide as an individual person how we want that knowledge to apply to our lives. So, here are some of the things I have learned this year.

1. Sometimes life can be hard. We grow from struggle, if we didn't have any struggle the world would be full of carbon copy people that had no unique quirks and insights.

2. To much tradition can equal stagnation. If you are always stuck in the flow and format of how life was in the past, YOU will be stuck in the past as well. Tradition is good in minority, but if you base your life off tradition you won't be able to see what your future may have in store.

3. Life isn't about fighting your way through the hard times. It's about what you take from those times and how you apply them to your life.

4. What is popular is not always what is right.

5. The best way to be beautiful is to be yourself. Accepting your inner beauty will make you the most beautiful person in the world, because no one will have the same beauty as you.

6. Wisdom is not academic. Wisdom is intellectual and philosophical. It will never be able to be properly given or defined by books or studies because it comes from you.

7. Find your passion. Without a passion or something to fight for your life can seem dull and empty. Find your passion because it fuels you.

8. Memories are seeds that grow rose colored trees. Memories are beautiful things, but if you base all your judgments off of them you won't be able to see past the positives. You could run the risk of making a judgment or action that could harm you deeply.

9. Don't be afraid to be unique. How can new concepts or insights come to be if you stick to the status quo of what society dictates as perfection.

10. Sometimes the invisible is the most beautiful thing you can know. If we base our entire knowledge off of only what we can see, feel, taste, and touch, things like love and faith wouldn't exist. Open you mind to what is the unseen, because it can hold the best life has to offer.

   To wrap this all up, I challenge you to look back at this year and recount all the minor or major life changing things you have learned. I believe this challenge is important because it forces you to go back and see how you've grown as a person and how certain events in your life may have assisted that growth. As well as, how some things that may have seemed minor created large changes or vice versa. So, look back into your year and recount everything you've learned and the ways in which it has made you a better person. Who knows maybe I'll write about it and we can all share our new knowledge. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.