1.) The memories that stick out from my childhood are definitely triggered by location. My dad moved around all the time because his dad was military; I wonder how much of
2.) I am so very, very glad for a fresh start. Having people that have known you for a good portion of your life brings with it all of the prejudices and wrongs you've committed too. As much as I love my old friends, (especially the true ones) it's nice to have a clean slate. The people that love me will still remember me how I was and not how I am. They're glad to see the changes but they'll never fully be able to separate the past and the present. Sometimes being stuck in the same place with the same people for your whole life inhibits your own personal growth. Everyone needs a fresh start.
3.) The people in your life are only there because you allow them to be. The opposite is also true, so we need to live in a way that they are willing (and hopefully happy) to keep us. Anything less than a healthy relationship is completely unfair to everyone.
4.) Stress and anxiety are just as contagious as laughter. One stressed out person quickly turns into everyone stressing.
5.) Children are a catalyst AND a multiplier for stress; the more children there are, the higher the stress levels and there doesn't seem to be a stress limit. It's a really good thing parents love their children because otherwise they'd never make it to the angsty teenage years or adulthood.
6.) Having someone significant in life to care about and to give back that caring is a very simple and pure form of happiness. It's also a hard happiness to keep because it's so easily polluted. Our egos, our pride, our wants and needs, they all get in the way a lot of times.
7.) It's easy to be on your own side in an argument. Everything makes sense in your own mind. When trying to explain a point is when debating gets tricky.
8.) People are funny when they argue. People are funnier when the make things up and argue about them to derail grandma's stories. In one dinner conversation my great-grandpa Hunt became a pastor, a boxer, a Russian spy, an American counterintelligence agent (yes both of those simultaneously), a chaplain, a draft dodger, a trucker hauling explosives, and a janitor.
9.) No matter how late it is, it's never too late to read scriptures and pray. There are so many people in my life that need my prayers that it'd be entirely selfish of me not to spend a couple minutes to ask for their blessings and guidance.
10.) I'm both old enough that I am capable of doing anything I'm asked AND young enough to be told to do anything.
11.) The easiest years of my life are up in about 6 months. Nothing will ever be as easy or carefree as they are right now.
12.) I really love Psych.
