Inventing Pandora's Tennis Shoes

Rushing to work, hiking around campus, and studying your $200 book… let’s face it, our lives can get pretty overwhelming sometimes and probably what’s worse is that it isn’t going to get any better any time soon. One thing that I’ve been extremely concerned about the last couple of days has been my friends. Sure I’ve met new people and I have a good time with them, however it’s not easy to find people who click with you like the people you have already come to know and experience 4 plus years of your life with.
I can’t necessarily speak for everyone but when it comes to me, I do believe that if it wasn’t for the relationships that I’ve made in high school, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. Those people have always been there to pick me up as I have been there to offer a hand to them. Now, of course I’m expecting distance may pose a threat here considering that 2 of my best friends are going to universities 2 plus hours away from me, regardless of the people still within driving distance being busy with school and work. This is expected and a bit of an overwhelming part of truly growing up. I’m not writing this to complain or anything, or to sound desperate. I’m merely saying that the people I adore and need in my life are making just as many new connections as I am, yet I hope we still stay close. It sometimes takes a bit of trial and error to find those certain people that make you feel like you’re worth something. I’ve found a group of people that make me feel like no matter what happens, I can count on them.
At my high school, I had been blessed with the absence of excluding social groups. Now, there were people who hung out with certain people more often than everyone else but nobody really put anyone else down. It was easy to be friendly with everyone and get someone to help you out if you needed it. I’m just kind of writing this for my own pleasure, to be completely honest with you. I just really care about the people who have gone out of their way to put a smile on my face and I couldn’t ask for a better group of friends. We’ve hardly got anything completely in common, yet for some reason we just click. We have a perfect balance and an established understanding of one another and I can truthfully say that I’d do anything for any one of them. Even when life tossed in a few curve balls we could always count on calling someone in the group up and the next thing I knew, we’d be hanging at the coffee house or mini golfing. I couldn’t ask for better friends and I’m sure that we won’t let distance tear us apart.


"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."

- George Washington