Actual Reality

So here's the deal. I've been thinking a lot about two people lately. Two people I love very dearly, who I always thought were so different, and I'm finding out are actually quite similar. Okay, that's an understatement. The point is, life is trippy. Really REALLY trippy. Just when you think you've finally figured things out, life throws you a curve. Sometimes you dodge it, sometimes it hits you right in the gut and knocks you down. Sometimes you fall flat on your face trying to dodge it, and when you pick yourself up it hits you anyway.

Have you ever created an alternate reality in your head? Some place better than this one? Sort of like a dream world, I guess. But dream world has a negative connotation. I like alternate reality better.

Sometimes life just sucks, you know? And there's nothing you can do to really fix it. You can be nostalgic all you darn well please; but that never changes anything, not really. It makes me grateful though. For good friends. And good memories. And especially good memories with good friends. Sometimes that's enough to get you through, even if it's just on a day-to-day basis.

Have you ever had a school counselor who knows you by name, remembers what you want to major in, where you want to go to school, and who will respond in-depth to an email in which you ask a pertinent question?



I have one. For the first time in my life.

It's kind of a cool thing to know that the person who's supposed to give you advice that may steer the direction the rest of your life takes actually KNOWS who you are, and may actually care about the decisions you make.

Too bad there aren't more school counselors like this.