Intricacy Within Simplicity

number one. everyone wants to be number one. whether it's on sports teams or in friendships or being chosen first, everyone wants to be number one. if you would ask anyone on the street they'd say the same thing.  but wanting to be number one and actually being it are two very different things.  recently I've learned that you can't always be number one. you can't be the very best or the prettiest or the smartest or the friend everyone wants o hang out with. but throughout this realization I also became aware of the fact that the only person whose opinion truly matters is your own.  you don't have to be number one in comparison to everyone else, you just have to be number one in your own mind. think of yourself as the smartest or the prettiest because if you believe it then so will others. have confidence and let the world see it. love yourself and others will love you.  I'm not saying this as someone who has mastered the art of accepting ones self. I'm s...

11 days ago my life was stress free. I had no cares, no worries. 11 days. in 11 days everything changed. school started, work picked up, church continued, homework increased, my social life took off, college applications started. in 11 days.  prior to said 11 days it was summer. I was carefree enjoying the freedoms of lacking responisbilities. I was living my life to the fullest, working during the day, going out at night. or at least I thought I was. but throughout these 11 days I have had a glimpse at the real world. a world which I will be entering in the fall of 2016. a world of adulthood. and honestly I have no clue what to do.  im about as lost as a fish in the desert when it comes to what to do in the adult world. we as a generation were raised without a clue as to how to handle the real world. we were handed technology that was supposed to do everything for us and in turn has handicapped us to where now we lack the ability to do things without it. this is putting a cap...