If I could go back, I think about all the things I wish I could redo again. The one that comes up first is high school and my studies. I was a bright guy, but a lousy student. My outcome in high school is what motivated me to become a teacher in the first place. So my redos would be to get out of my head and appreciate the people around me instead of being continuously preoccupied with who I am as an identity around others. I constantly compared myself and it led to a rampant amount of personal failure and hopelessness.

We’ve seen it time and again, the people we think hold the world in their hands. The truth is sometimes they are inherently unhappy and we’d never know that because of a smile and good looks. We right away categorize them in that unreachable aspect of people we’d wish we could be like. Truth is we’re so wrapped up in them we forget that we exist at all.

I’m often times just caught up in my demons, unable to see a day for what it is. I look over at my dog napping on the couch, and come to realize I have a beautiful animal who is my unconditional companion. So, life doesn’t really have to be so bad as my natural perception. That self judgment has carried me through this day. So tonight …

It’s time for bed now, tomorrow’s another day.