Live Life To The Fullest

Live simply:  Life comes with complications.  We have to learn to not let these complications get to us and just live simply.  To me, living simply means not stressing out once life hits you hard.  For example, being a college student and athlete means lots of late nights and stressful weeks full of homework, practice, and studying.  It gets hard sometimes trying to find time to fit everything into my busy schedule.  I've had plenty of breakdowns, tears, and times where I don't know if I can do it all.  When things like this happen I like to think of what my dad always told me growing up.  He always said, "In the end things always work out.  It may take some time, it may not be In you want it to end up like and it may be hard getting through the process, but things will always work out."  I think that is a great motto for life and living simply.  Just remember to tell yourself not to stress when life gets tough, things will soon be okay.

Dream Big:  In life, I think it's important to have goals that motivate you.  You need these goals to be able to push yourself to achieve what you want to do.  Dreams represent goals.  We all have big dreams in life that we want to achieve someday, but it's scary because we have that mind set that we can't achieve them.  It may be hard and you may fail sometimes but that's the whole point.  You learn from those failures.  They teach you things.  Get out there and follow those biggest dreams.  To me, it's important to always choose to go big or go home.          

Be Grateful:  You should always be grateful for the things you have in life.  I think a lot about how we live in a world where we want the biggest and best thing in life.  To me, it's sad to think that all we want is the newest smart phone when other people around the world, all they want is just a roof over their heads or a slice of bread to eat.  I think that you should always be grateful for what life gives you and be happy with that rather than always wanting more. 

Give Love:  Love is also very important.  Just think how great it feels to be loved by someone.  Whether it is a big, fat hug and kiss from grandma or a slobbery one from your pet dog, you can't help but smile.  I think it's a great thing to give that love you feel to someone else.  It feels just as great to get love as it does giving it to someone else and knowing you left a smile on someone’s face.  

Laugh Lots:  Nothing is better than hearing that joyful sound of laughter fill the air.  Not only does laughing share joy, but it also lightens the mood.  Laughter is a sign of being happy.  It makes me feel good when I hear someone laugh because then I know that they are happy.  Being happy in life just helps make life enjoyable.