“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished"

 Not a post since January...woah, guess I've been too "busy" to blog it out. It's taken me almost three entire months (from the beginning of the semester until now) to realize how to manage my time during my last semester of College. It's difficult to even know where to start with my life epiphanies and how things have changed. New internship, new courses, and new perspective. 

Words can't describe these three

:)

Not to get all sentimental, but life as a college student rocks. As busy and shitty it may be at times, think about ALL the life lessons you've learned in the last four years of existence on this earth, my god, I could go on forever. I think most importantly, the value and belief that was reinforced to me most was understanding yourself before anyone else. If we really reach inside to the core of who and what we are and why we are here, everything will fall into place. This goes along with the title of this post, written in the "Tao te Ching" by Lao Tzu. Life's pace may change at times, but it is all the same for the most part. We live day to day trying to improve ourselves through various aspects, but life goes on and it all works out, bad or good. 

      I guess it is hard to write a post about life lessons learned in the last few years, but I guess I will write a few that personally hit home for me:

New and old friends reunited

 1. Be yourself...always. 

 2. You are not able to give yourself to others until you love yourself.

 3. Save time for yourself, everything else around you will fall into place.

 4. Be assertive.

 5. Being future oriented is good, but being in the present is more    important.

 6. Today is a new day.

 7. Take risks.

 8. We don't need materials for happiness; we need compassion, love, and  self-acceptance.

 9. Believe you are capable of doing the "impossible."

The beautiful children of Hope Community
Orphanage that taught me so much

10. Dreams become reality with motivation and confidence.

11. Don't be scared to show vulnerability.

12. Be open about yourself with others.

13. Go for it.

14. Understanding your passion only comes when you begin to love and really know yourself.

15. Self-reflect daily.

16. Step out of your comfort zone.

17. Smile.

18. There's an up to every down.

19. Don't be scared to reach out to others for yourself.

20. Love who you are. 

Just a little snapshot of aspects in life I have improved on and grown from in the last couple of years. This is not the end all be all. Life's new chapter is about to open up. 

My plan: no plan, just live & be.