For a long while now I've been wanting to start a blog. I want to be a writer when I'm older, and I figured writers always have blogs, right? Well, at least that seems to be a trend I've noticed. Even though I've been thinking about blogging and planning it for a very long time, I never really took the time to start one until now. Maybe it was because I was afraid what people would think if they could read my thoughts; maybe I just didn't want to make the effort to create one. Or maybe I just didn't have anything I felt absolutely needed to be shared before. That's different now. I don't mind what people think, there are just some things I feel I need to write about. And it's all thanks to Maggie.
I go to school with one of the most beautiful young women in the world. Maggie has been my friend since freshmen year, but I have never been more grateful for her than I am this year! Maggie is the kind of girl who loves you no matter who you might be. She genuinely cares about you and even your most insignificant problems! She makes you laugh and smiles with you when you feel great, and she comforts you with the most sincere empathy when you feel like you're going to cry. She always knows what to say in any given situation, and she never hesitates when putting other people before herself! She might seem too good to be true, but she's not! Honest, I just talked with her not 2 hours ago!
I only tell you this much about Maggie because she's the reason that I'm writing this blog in the first place. Like I said before, I've been wanting to do this for a while, but I never had anyone or anything compelling me to write. However, when you have a friend like Maggie inspiring you every other minute, you just have to write about it!
I guess life is like that a lot of the time. We have these great ideas or plans, but never do anything about them! Opportunities sit around dormant, just waiting for someone to take hold of them, but we just let them sit there.
As I get closer and closer to the end of my time at high school, I can't help but think back on all the opportunities I missed these past 4 years. The times I should've said yes to something, or the times I should've said no, but I didn't. There's no doing things over, but there is always the chance to do things differently in the future. Thanks to Maggie, I realize just how important it is to make the most of every opportunity, and how much it can positively affect other people when you do. When you choose to love deeper, to care more, and to live with purpose, it does more than just make you feel good. It changes people's lives. Maggie's life has changed mine, and I hope and pray that somehow I can continue that positive chain reaction. This is just the beginning!
