The second day of school

The first day of school is always the hardest, but I think the second can be just as challenging. I always feel so overwhelmed at the beginning of the semester. It truly is hard for me to take my life one day at a time sometimes. All of the work I have to complete this semester just piles up and it can seem impossible to get it all done. The only way I can get through this is to see the simplicity in other's lives and try and immulate that. For instance, my sister's new dog. Recently, she just purchased a new mini-poodle. This little creature, in the midst of such a crazy and chaotic world can show such happiness in the simple act of someone holding him. I realize this example is a little extreme, but I truly believe this can be a metaphor for our lives. If we as people can truly stop and enjoy the simple acts of someone or something else, than perhaps life doesn't have to be so complicated. Perhaps it is though this that we can see what are the truly important things in life and not feel so swept up in the everyday.