I walked to school a different way than usual today. I just walked up 107th until 85th and then turned to 109 and walked up 87th ave to school. Complete change in my usual routine, and it makes me wonder, how much do people stick with routine. Why is it that we, as people, find it so comforting to do the same things everyday? And why is it that we rush in order to do things? I mean, sure, I can leave at 7 15 in the morning to get to class on time, or like I usually do, I wait until last minute at 7 30 so I get to class RIGHT on time. How is that less stressful than waking up a bit earlier in order to relax on the way to school? It's a weird concept, how people stick to routine and bumble about at lightning fast speeds everyday.
On my walk to school today, I realized how much I love the fall. The leaves crunching under my boots and the light wind that makes my cheeks rosy. And it just felt right, to be walking to class on a brisk Fall morning. The happiness inside me radiates from just the thought of my walk. It's funny how something so simple can make my heart beam like it does. People don't seem to take in the beauty of the world anymore.
On Friday, I was talking to a guy in my classes, and he said 'a job is a job'. Since when did life come to this? A job isn't just a job. At least to me. Especially when it comes to something related to my career. This co-op job isn't as easy as going through the motions for 8 months. For me, it's about finding my second home. A place where I look forward to going to almost every morning, where my spirit is 110% into my work, and I feel passionate about the projects I work on. I want to be able to rave to friends and family about how awesome my life is because of the work I do, and the people at work who make everyday even better. It's not a job to me. It's playing while getting paid. When I find what I really want to do, and the place that I want to do it, I'll feel it. The way I feel when I go home at night says everything about what I did during the day. If I go home cranky and upset everyday or even sad or just numb, I can't accept that. A job isn't just a job, it's so so much more than that.
The guy in my class doesn't appreciate that there's so much more to life than making money and spending it. It's about love, and passion, and smiles, and laughter, and appreciating something as simple as finding an old movie stub in your pocket that you saw with an old friend. It's those feel good moments that really make life amazing. There's so much that we're all capable of that so many people choose to pass up for routine, to pass up because life is simpler, easier, more convenient without it. But then are those people really living? Going through the motions isn't living. We have emotions and talents for a reason, and if we don't embrace them, then we're wasting life.
If you were from a underdeveloped country, would you really pass up opportunities like we do? We have so much to be thankful for, and so much more than a lot of the people in the world.
So here's my challenge for you, sometime in the next little while, do something that changes your routine, talk to someone new, go try a restaurant you've been dying to go to, roll down a hill like you did when you were a kid, try to do handstand pushups, sleep in an extra hour, and see how it makes you feel. Appreciate the beauty of it and how life has so many possibilities. Take life into your hands and turn it into something beautiful.
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