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Anonymous asked: If you could know the exact day of your death, would you?
No I don’t think I would. It could be a long time away, and then I’d always know that I had a long time left. Id have more tendencies to put things off then. And if it was soon then I’d probably just be scared. Neither of which I’d like to do.
Anonymous asked: do you think you are a gunner?
Honesty I didn’t know what that meant. So I googled it. What I found said: A gunner is competitive, overly ambitious, and substantially exceeds minimum requirements.
According to that, yeah sure. I’m competitive. And I always try to do my best on everything, even if it’s just to prove to myself that I can do it.
That’s not what bothered me though. The second part said:
A gunner will compromise his/her relationships and/or reputation among peers in order to obtain recognition from his/her superiors. The example given was of a “hand raiser/over-achiever” at school.
Okay that bothers me. And here’s why. I don’t do anything to “obtain recognition from my superiors”. I do it for me. If I had a relationship with someone that was compromised because I did something that I felt was right or because I pushed myself as hard as I could, then that relationship wasn’t worth having. What’s the point of a relationship if they’re not supportive and tear you down instead of building you up? If a friend got pissed because I excelled or succeeded, then why are they my friend at all?
The second part of that dealt with the compromising of my reputation. Honestly, I don’t care what people think about me. I mean there are certain people whose opinions matter greatly to me, and I like it when I feel generally accepted and loved. But I don’t need that. I don’t need everyone to like me. I feel like if someone is liked by everyone, then they are most likely two-faced because you can’t please everyone. I’m gonna do what I feel is right no matter what, in school or anywhere else for that matter. If that means raising my hand in class half a dozen times or not doing the things that my peers do, then fine. Call me a gunner. It may be meant to be degrading, but to me it’s not. I could care less about my “superiors”, but besides that then I’m all for this gunner thing. So yeah why not.
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Faith is the substance of things hoped for. The evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Anonymous asked: What is the one thing you will miss most about high school?
The friendships. I know that I’m not the most social girl by far, but the friendships that I had were some pretty darn good ones. School allowed me to make these friendships and let them grow, while whispering during class, talking over lunch, writing notes back and forth. Friends are what got me through high school.
I know that just because school ended doesn’t mean that friendships have to end as well. But sometimes they do. Sometimes people grow and change and move on in life. It’s meant to happen eventually. For me, the end of high school just happens to mark this change, making them coincide. It’s summer now. I still have friends. But somehow, I know that things will never be quite the same. But how could it be any other way?
Anonymous asked: One super power, what would it be?
I’d fly. I would love the freedom, and I’d soar through the sky.
Mind reading would be tempting, but I think there are some thoughts that are better off not heard. So I’ll pass on it.
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
