{Three Years Later}

"The More I grow up, the more I realize how much more growing up I have to do."

-Unknown

I realized today that I have been out of High School for 3 years. THREE!!!! It is just me, or is that totally bizarre? But I think that it is incredible at how fast your life can change.  One day you have 300 best friends in high school, and the next, you have the few that you have decided to keep close to you. Your attitude, your goals, your ambitions, all change. And yet, you still feel like the same person. It makes no sense, right?

I have quit making friends that don't feel that a mutual friendship in necessary. All of those people in high school that only wanted to be my friend when they needed something are gone. And I don't make friends like that anymore. I can honestly say that there are about 5 friends from high school that I even talk to anymore. One of my best friends from high school and I are still close, and we haven't seen each other longer than 30 seconds in over 2 years. Those are the kind of friends that I seek! :) The quality of things that I seek have changed. I don't want mediocre anymore, I want great. Something that can benefit me in multiple ways. That is one of the reasons that I chose to go to school for a Social Work Degree.

Social Work is a profession that helps people. It is a profession that gives people something. They gain something from having help from a social work professional. But, the thing is, that action is reciprocated as well. The social worker gains something by helping the other. It is service to the t. As I have gone through school, I have realized this more and more. It has changed me. For the better. 

I spend a lot less time wishing that I was with friends. I spend a lot of time with family and I value it more. I love to have a night out with friends, but something about family just brings happiness and a sense of peace. Family will be there for you when no one else will. They will always so those things that no one else does. And they will laugh when a laugh is needed. 

It is funny how the core of a person can change just by growing up a little. But they always will. The change is what Heavenly Father helps us have. It is a change for the better. :) A Change towards him

Until Next Time...

Peace & Blessings.