Fortune Cookie Wisdom

I'm done, people. I'm done with school. Yes, my friends, I am done with school.
Well, for the most part. I still have a bunch of math to do, but that's okay.

I had two exams today. American Documents and Physical Science. I don't feel great about them but I don't feel bad ether. I hope I got 90 and above, which, not to brag, I usually do (this year). I'm really happy. Really, really, really happy. I felt a little disappointed because after all that stress, cramming, ect. it felt like the finale should end with a big, fat BANG. It didn't really. It ended with a tiny whimper, but I'm thankful that it ended with even the smallest of noises!

I don't know what to do with myself almost. I don't know what it feels like to  NOT have school work to worry or stress about. It's strange, that's for sure.

I realized (and learned) over this semester  that I don't like to ask for help and I don't like failure or not doing as well as someone else. In other words, I want to be on top. Always. This causes me to stress and freak out over school work. It will send me into depression and all this crazy crud I don't need to deal with. It's completely unnecessary and causes me to be snotty and angry.

I think the Lord was trying to talk to me today because one of my fellow students was doing his philosophy presentation on Confucius. Since Confucius sort of (strong on the sort of) had to do with fortune cookies this kid gave out fortune cookies. It was after we had taken the exams, which I surprisingly had been calm about.

This was what mine said:

I don't know, maybe I interrupted it wrong..., but I feel like that was God trying to say good job on keeping a level head. Sort of. 

I kind of have trust issues also. And these trust issues make it hard for me to believe people actually like me. Well, I got another fortune cookie afterwards because they're so tasty. I would give you picture of what it said, but I couldn't find it. But it was like God was talking to me again. It said something like, "You're individuality is a light to others." Yeah, yeah, I know. These are fortune cookies. They usually spit out stupid, sappy lines and one of my class mates got the 'genius' one too.  Even though this is true, it meant something to me because they addressed things I struggled with. 

I thought I'd share that. God likes to give me little gifts, here and there. God is like a great parent. We all know that. But I forget and things like this remind me that the Lord, the most high God, is my father. Not just my friend. Not my long-lost cousin. Defiantly not a stranger. He's my maker, father, lover, and God. All purpose God. ;] 

Thinking about all the gifts God has given me made me want to make a list of things that I appreciate. So, here you go:

• My amazing, wonderful, God-sent parents. 
• My annoying, mean, but top-of-the-line brothers. 
• My noisy, smelly, and cute pets. 
• The ability to breath. xD
• The ability to run, since I love to do so. 
• My camera. 
• My huge, world-making imagination. 
• My stupid education. xD (Yes, folks. I'm thankful for my education.)
• Summer.
• Dancing.
• My adorable house.
• My comfy, loving bed. 
• The chance to blog about me. It's amazing that people will read a blog about me!
• Books that have pages that smell...,smell like new worlds!
• Finally, God. The best thing--ever. 

Okay, that's not all, but that's a good part of it. Life can be simple but amazing.

Mmm, slap me. I'm sounding very sappy. I guess I can't find it any longer. I'm turning into one of THOSE people. Next thing you know I'll be making nice long post on FB about how I love the color orange and how it inspires me to be so much more and how it makes me think of Philippians....blah, blah, blah. It happens and it's stupid. On a mean note here: People, learn FaceBook is not for sharing you sappy little doo-da's but to stalk people. Duh.

:]

I'll stop that now.

May God bless you ALL!
Lia