Your Kiss is on My List

            Okay this title is not to induce some sort of subliminal message or even convey that I mean something other than I am saying, like some anonymous sophomore-girl tweet. There are so many things "on my list of the best things in life," as cliche as it may sound. At the top of the list this evening: my amazing, talented, interesting, witty, intelligent, faithful, impressive friends. The friends you want your parents to meet. The friends you want to live next to, or your sister to marry.

            I have been so blessed to spend the last eight months being influenced by the crème de la crème. That is to say, the best of the best. I don't feel like I live up to the amazing examples they set for me. I'm sounding melodramatic and I'm sorry. But I've learned so much from the people I have been surrounded with in these past months that I feel an emptiness now that I don't see my family of friends everyday. They are going off to spread their light across the globe, instead of just keeping it in that sleepy P-town. 

            I have learned things that I could talk about for a post each, but I will keep it short in order to maintain my dry eyes. I've learned to love and tell others of your love for them. Not even in a romantic way, but just in the way that because of them you are so happy and glad to be there. I've learned to love the people you are with rather than the moments you spend with them. Love is shown through many outlets, it comes through an encouraging comment, or even being comfortable enough with someone to laugh at them. I have felt love from people that I'v known for a month, yet they treat me like a sister. The bonds formed with this base in love are the hardest to say goodbye to.

           I have learned to do anything for anyone at anytime. Give of yourself for another and you will be happy. I have learned that, in fact, the only way to be happy is to give of yourself for others. There is no better way to feel closer to heaven, and for the past eight months I have felt that 24/7. I'm not saying there weren't hard times, because there def were. But you learn to pull through them by helping others. 

          You become like your friends, that is something I truly believe. I also believe that if I have become any more loving, giving, caring, or excellent because of the friends I made this year, I am very proud. I hope to emulate what I have learned this year, and I hope that in some small way, my friends have learned something from me, even if it is just to embrace your weird secret sappy side. I hope to soon learn "There are far better things ahead than any you leave behind"but for now, I will try to become better from what I have learned.