Optimist: Me

I'm an optimist. I feel like is a good characteristic to have. I was looking at one of my blog posts from last January where I was wondering what would happen in 2008. I wondered about what the new year would bring. 2009 looks like it's going to be filled with a lot more uncertainty than any other year of my life. At some point during this year I won't be a student anymore. I've been a student since 1992 when I was five years old. Bill Clinton was in the first year of his presidency. Questions surround me about what life is going to look like. I don't know where I'm going to live. I don't plan on staying in Orange County so I will have to make new friends and acquiantances. I wish I was filled with more optimism that things are going to be great and that it's going to be a wonderful journey. But at the moment, the uncertainty is outweighing those fealings. I'm focused on the upcoming semester. It's my last full semester as a college student. I don't want to take this lifestyle for granted. I know that I'm going to miss it.

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At the beginning of chapter six in Randy Alcorn's book "The Treasure Principle" is a short story about Alfred Nobel. Nobel is the man who invented dynamite and made a fortune by doing so. In 1888 his brother had passed away and while Alfred was reading a French newspaper he saw an obituary for himself. The author of the column confused the two brothers when he was writing his article. Alcorn writes, " Alfred Nobels's obituary described a man who had gotten rich by helping people kill one another". He was dismayed by what the obituary had said and decided to use his fortune in a positive way. Over $9 million of his savings went towards funding awards for people who dedicated time and energy to helping others. Nobel Prizes are still given out today and are one of the most highly recognized awards a person can receive.
What a cool story! He saw how people were going to view him had he died the day that his brother passed away. He made significant changes to ensure that he didn't have a legacy that was about death. Randy Alcorn's book has been eye opening. Reading about treasures in heaven is not something I had normally done. I'm so wrapped up in this present life that I often don't give too much thought about heaven and what it's going to be like.

East Coast

I want to move to the East Coast, preferably New York. I don't really want to be in Southern California anymore. I want to experience life living somewhere else for awhile. I haven't been out of California since 2006 and I've only left twice since starting college. I want to start over somewhere else.