late night poem

I wanted to post something before I went to bed and I thought a simple poem by author Fredrick Harper would be appropriate. I feel like this poem can give a lot of good advice for young adults like us.

 

I'm sorry I didnt write anything original today/tonight but I promise I'll have some good stuff coming up in the next few days, once I get school and what I want to write sorted out.

 

I hope you like the poem.

 

Thanks, Tyler

 

 

 

ADVICE TO THE YOUNG

Be true to your eyes, ears, thoughts, and feelings;

Listen to your heart but yield to your mind’s best

Judgment;

Be kind and wise in spoken words, for surely your

Words will follow you;

Be not afraid of risks but be cautious of actions

Driven by emotion, confusion, and false friends;

Avoid jealousy of others’ achievements and possessions;

Don’t live with an insatiable greed for more than

You can appreciate or use;

Don’t eat more than your hunger’s call or

Drink beyond your thirst’s needs;

Listen to spirits that favor you and offend not

Those that oppose you;

Absorb yourself in an activity worthy of your unique

Talent, and develop as many common

Potentialities as you desire and can;

Whatever you do, do it as well as you can;

Live comfortably with your conscience,

And be at peace with your soul;

Be courageous in life, while always respecting

Death’s luring and lurking;

Rest when tired and think when you are uncertain;

Be kind to the sacredness of life and respect the

Natural order of the universe;

Follow no one or no thing except your own judgment

And your own divine wish;

Love and respect yourself and your family;

Be all you can by developing yourself;

Do all you can in helping worthy others;

And live a quality and meaningful life.

My girl issue

I promised you yesterday that I would explain the story of my relationship with Hannah today, so here it is;

(Warning: it may be boring in some spots but just hang in there)

We had chemistry class first semester of our freshman year in college. I didn’t talk to her almost the entire semester because I hung out with other people in my class.

It was one of the last tests and me and Hannah both finished pretty quick and ended up running into each other out in the hall. We talked about how dumb the test was and then shared some small talk, it was really awkward actually.

We exchanged numbers and she started texting me almost every day. I liked having someone to talk to and didn’t think it would lead anywhere. Boy was I wrong.

We kept talking, started skyping a bit and I even went to Bronners, where she worked, and visited her for a while. Feelings were developing. The thing that pushed them a lot farther was a Christmas party we both went to. Even she said she could feel something. At the party we talked a lot! Kept smiling at each other and when we were watching “The Grinch” I even put my arm around her.

Now, I never ever expected to end up liking this girl but it happened. After the party I told her my feelings and she accepted them really well. She said she could feel something too but she didn’t want to move to fast. I understood.

Later that month I was having a New Year’s Eve party at my house and invited her, of course. She told me she couldn’t make it because her parents didn’t want her out so late. I thought all was fine and well until she told me why she really couldn’t come….. she was celebrating at her house… with her boyfriend.

I know what you are thinking, “why are you still talking to her? Screw her!” wellll I thought the same thing for a long time. I got a girlfriend a month or so later, just before Hannah and her boyfriend broke up. After she broke up with him she started coming on to me again and by this time it was too late. I got really pissed off and probably told her off a little more than I should have. Me and this other girl broke up and so now both me and Hannah are single again. We’ve both apologized for what we did and have been talking. I don’t know if I want to fall for her again but I guess ya really can’t control that…

There it is, the whole story. Sorry if it was a little boring; I wanted to get it all out there. I’m going to be writing more general stuff coming up here so if that’s what you like reading stay tuned.

Thanks for reading and please leave a comment, I’d love to read what you think.

Thanks, Tyler

Hello there...

So it has been quite a while since my last blog post, but after some quick encouragement from a friend i decided to start writing again.

so much has happened since my last blog post. i finished my first year of college, went through an entire relationship, and found a new hobby.

to kind of summerize everything for you; college is really hard, never force a relationship because it will get you heartbroken, and focusing on making yourself happy is very important.

i'm going to try to encorporate some of these stories in my future posts but i wont explain them all now.



this post is going to be about someone thats on my mind lately. shes this super cool, fun girl that ive been talking to recently and kind of having a crush on. i never meant for it to happen but ive found that makes for the best relationships.

i met her in my chemistry class almost a year ago and weve been really close ever since. i really only thought of her as a friend, obviously because i was in another relationship, but even after i never had deeper feelings till later when my best bud kept pointing out how close we actually were.

i have no idea how to handle the situation now because i dont want to force anything but at the same time i want things to happen. this is my delema.
i promise to tell you more about her probably tomorrow, so check it out.

i know this was a dull blog post but thanks for reading and please comment. ill be updating more i promise.

thanks, tyler

p.s. check out my friend collins blog, its really well written and interesting.
http://lifeasalaker.blogspot.com

Moms...

cant live with them, cant live without them (literally). i dont know if its because im groing up and she doesnt like that or what but lately shes been on my case about EVERYTHING. im not doing this right, or i should be doing this a certain way. it gets really freaking annoying! i know the straight answer here is to move out. im 19 and in college so i should just get out of the house like all my other friends, but honestly ive weighed it out and its costs a lot of money! like way more than i spend now. i understand that i will just have tto put up with it if im going to stay at home but does she really need to be on my ass about every little thing i do? sometimes i just want to tell her to calm down about my life and worry about her own! i have too much respect for her to do that tho..

is there something that you do that helps with this? i know im not the only one out there that has this problem.

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
i was going to write a longer post about what christmas means to me and the history of christmas and crap but who cares?!?! its freakin' Christmas!!! screw explaining for once and just go spend quality time with your family!
p.s. i didnt mean to leave out other holidays haha
p.p.s i will be taking a break next week for the holidays (maybe ill write a little something ;) so have a happy holidays and a safe new year...see ya'll on the other side :D