| It's been two weeks since I flew out of Sacramento. It's a long plane ride back to Florida, so I had a lot of alone time to to reflect on the memories: the good, the bad, the mediocre. I will warn you that this may sound incredible cliche. It may not make any sense at all, but I don't know how else to describe it................. Have you ever seen an incredible, beaming sunset creeping behind a mountain range? I love the way a sunset can illuminate distant palm trees and make them look like they are on fire. Sometimes I wish I could just freeze life at certain points of interest. I could have attempted to capture the moment on film, but it would be impossible to caputure the beauty of that moment. If a picture doesn't do it justice, then you can imagine how hard it must be to try to describe it with mere words on page. I have come to the realization that some situations simply cannot be captured with using words. Keeping that sunset picture in the back of your mind, let me attempt to describe the past eight months of my life. I have found that it is nearly impossible to describe them using words. Let me start off saying that, although the past few months have been incredible, they have not in any way been perfect. At certain times, I felt a sudden urge to turn my chemistry book into a blazing firecracker. At other times, I fell in love with the complexity of the sciences. At certain times, my mind was haunted by some of the the things I did, yet probably shouldn't have. At other times, I could not bring myself to having the slightest regret for doing those things, because I was having the time of my life. I cannot begin to describe the incredible friendships I have made. I just keep going back to the sunset memory ingraved in the back of my mind. Somethings are too complex to describe in words. As much as I try to convince myself that it doesn't add up, I can't help to picture friendships like the sun. Sometimes you are many miles apart from those that mean the most. As hard as it is to say goodbye to good friends, it is comforting to know that you will see them again. There is so much beauty in a sunset, because you know that the sunrise is coming. I know that the reunion, the sunrise, will bring memories just as incredible as the depature and it gives me hope. It's well worth the wait. On that note, it's going to be a long summer. But that reminds me of the time when......... nah, just kidding. Okay, I'm done now. Goodnight. :) |
