Hey all! This is my first blog post of 2012. And feel like it is one that actually holds more importance for me than for you guys. You see, most people post notes on Facebook or blog about how horrible the last year has been and how they won't miss it and how the following year will be soooo much better. Well, let's be reallistic. People have a tendency to focus more on the negatives of anything than the positives. In prayer, we focus more on asking God to resolve the problems in life than we thank him for the good things that happen in life. When we're in high school (or junior college), we just want to get out, because we're "tired of all the crap" and can't wait for the next step. We ignore the good things in life. We seem to want to have the bad things, like it makes us look tough when we can "strive through the adversity" or something. Come on now. Our lives are far better than we make them out to be, and we'd realize that if we would just sit back and think about it. We have a sense of entitlement, it would seem, and we think everything should go our way, and when it doesn't, it sticks out in our memories, and we hate it for ruining our perfect existance.
Well, in honor of all the good things in life, instead of talking about how horrible 2011 was and how I am glad to leave it behind and how much better 2012 will be, I'm going to talk about all the great things that happened to me in 2011. I'm not ranking them, I'm just throwing them out as they come to mind.
Breaking 2:00 in the 800m. I ran 1:58.4 in crap conditions. It was a huge accomplishment, and went very well with the All-American medal my 4x800m relay team earned at indoor nationals.
Coming to Terms with Kansas. I realized that I actually love this place. As much as I had wanted to get away in the past, I actually do like it here. There is a wide variety of places to go, things to see, people to meet. It really is a great place. And I'll be perfectly happy here for the rest of my life if this is where God means for me to be.
Working at Kansas Sampler. Best job I've had so far. It's been great.
People- I've met some cool people this year. I'm not going to list them all, because I'll surely forget someone and hurt their feelings.
Growing Up- I've done quite a bit of growing up this year. I've learned a lot about people, places, responsibility... things are going well.
Learned How to Be a Distance Runner- Thanks to my injury (which we will not focus on), I didn't have the best XC season, but before that, I learned how to really be good at running long distances. That'll come in handy someday. It'll make road racing more fun in the future.
Became Cold-Resistant- The cold doesn't bother me much anymore. Thank God for that.
So, there you have it. Lots of good things came out of 2011. Lots more will come out of 2012. And I'll do my absolute best to focus on them so that next year's list will be even longer.
God bless you all, and Happy New Year's!
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