“Goodbye
Gravity, Welcome Change”
As I was sitting at church,
listening to the reader, I couldn’t help but catch a sentence that has been
stuck in my head. “The old things past now; behold, the new things have came.”
This has been repeating over and over again in my mind. As usual God always
finds a way to speak to me, if it’s through shooting stars to the words from
the gospel, whatever, it may be it is usually at the right time to get through
something.
Must be pathetic, but, I am still a
little bruised from the season that has been over for about three weeks. I
believe it was probably for putting to much time into the program. I basically
wrote out their scavenger hunt list for this summer and will most likely buy
them a thing of detergent for laundry. The old contained investing all my free
time and time to “basketball” not just practicing everyday, but taking care of
the girls. Every year after the season would come to a halt, I found myself a
week later working out again with the Vertimax and a game in the gym for open
gym. Every summer I would wake up an hour earlier than the girls help set up
the gym for summer league, plus stay an extra thirty minutes afterwards to help
clean up. This was my “old things” in my
life that I noticed has past now
It’s not just basketball that has
changed overtime. It used to be that my friends were number one on my list on
my spare time out of the gym. I put my family aside for three years in high
school. Come home eat silently, go to my room, lock the door, and go to sleep.
This was my everyday life at home. I made my friends my family and never
noticed. It hurt my mom and brother everyday. Sadly, it had drifted me from my
father, which in if it is anyone’s fault it is defiantly mine Family and
friends play a big part in my heart just as much as a team and sport.
It took a scripture to open my eyes
up just a little bit more to what life really consist of. Now, the new things
that happened to appear in my life is more noticeable. Now, that basketball is
over I can now look for a job again, coach little kids, do my homework earlier,
not worry about the girls as much (although I still do), wash my car, take the
dog for a walk, go to baseball games, go golfing, and the list can go on. This
summer doesn’t have to consist staying in a gym for 12 hours anymore. Instead,
I can go to Flagstaff, watch a movie, get ready to move, go fishing, hang out
with my brother, and number one on my list go visit my family in Mexico for
more than a couple days! My friends well this is what is one new thing that
took time to process. I have lost more friends along the way this year than any
other year. It was hard to accept at the time. It is not that we aren’t
friends, because in reality they are still friends in my heart and memories, I
personally just stopped hanging out with them 24/7 and made my family on
weekends now.
I can go on and on about how much my life has
changed overtime. But, I believe that most of us seniors can agree that
everyone’s life changes without us really noticing. Until we take the time and
actually think of the old things that has past on. I know for a fact I didn’t
notice the “new things” that has slowly appeared in my life. Like the new
friends I have met around our area and how funny my mom can actually be. In a
few months we will be graduating which is defiantly going to be one of the
biggest changes for all of us. Whatever the road it may lead us to we just need
to remember not to be afraid of the change and not be afraid to let go to what
our life once contained of even if we will miss it we will always have the
wonderful memories to take with
Obviously, we all know how important basketball was, and still is, to you. I personally have watched you through all of your struggles, laughs, fights, and joy that you shared with your team and that is beautiful. But, likewise I agree with you that we must venture on into our future now. Of course we will still remember. We will remember all of those struggles, laughs, fights, and joys. But we must move on to greater things. I admire your ability to not dwell on the past, but rather except the future! Life would be boring if we didn’t have change! I can’t wait to see what else new comes your way! Love ya, girl!
ReplyDeleteJessica, I can relate to your post a little. I know the feeling and realization of seeing people change and myself as well. You are right it is not the fact that we mean to and we don’t literally lose friends it’s just the fact that soon we are moving on with our lives and going into bigger and better things. I believe that this is not a bad thing either it is just a huge change which we will adjust to. Thank you for being one of those friends that was there for me through everything and thank you for giving me such wonderful memories from the past I will never forget you! Love you!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about this today. God has a funny way of telling us what we need to hear. I don’t mean “need” like lie to us, but the kind of “need” like it applies to what is going on in our lives. With such a big change coming for us seniors we are sad to see things end. Humans are creatures of habit, and all us seniors have known is high school for the past four years. Now, we are moving forward and becoming adults. It doesn’t mean we have to forget what has happened…it just means that new things are about to begin.
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