Life throws ya curves.

Currently, the theme of my life is "life throws ya curves." This is a direct quote from one of my best friends in the whole world. Sometimes you just get these huge things thrown at you and you have no idea what to do. We worry and we're scared and we go crazy, but don't we always figure it out? Aren't human beings surprisingly resilient?

It's the rare occasion that you don't finish that five page paper by midnight. Hearing about a nineteen year old girl ending her life feels like the end of your world, but that pain somehow spreads across humanity, and we can all be strong if we each hold onto a piece of the brokenness. A project that you've been working on for weeks could easily be destroyed in minutes, but don't you care about it too much not to build it back up?

And then life also throws us those beautiful curves. There's the moment you get word that you'll finally be going on a trip you've been planning for years. You get a surprise visit from a person you were in desperate need of spending time with. Someone decided that Valentine's Day would be better celebrated as Tequila Tuesday, and naturally, you oblige. That boy you've been after for months lingers on your porch, and finally tells you how he feels about you. And you can exhale. Mmm, life throws ya curves, doesn't it?