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Not Everything Lasts

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" ~Ecclesiastes 3:1

Haley Williams

Dec 06, 2016

Culver-Stockton College

Dupress

Not everything lasts.

We have all been there - looking at someone and thinking they are always going to be a part of our lives, and before we know it, we never expect all that fun to end. If you are anything like me, you plan for the future and what steps you need to take to get there. You want to meet as many people as you can because they will help shape you and your future. A majority of the time, these plans do not always go as planned. We are surrounded by an ever changing environment, and as we make decisions based on certain circumstances, they create our behaviors.

I have found one of the toughest lessons being able to accept that not everything lasts. We have people that have been a part of our lives for years, some only for a couple months.

Some of these people leave you by choice, others are forced out for the wellbeing of yourself.

Some people teach us lessons and make happy memories, memories that will last a lifetime.

Some will enter our lives for comfort and support during the difficult times, but leave as soon as the hard times pass.

We have some people that teach us to love ourselves for who we are, without trying to change us. They teach us to embrace ourselves with a positive attitude, no matter what life throws at us.

After a heartbreak, some come to patch our heart and make us believe it is possible to love someone again.

As some of you may know, I am a strong believer that God has a plan for everyone. Life is unpredictable and can change suddenly, but regardless, we have an impact on everyone around us, and God's plans are detailed and have a purpose, even if they seem painful at first. We need people in our lives, important people to help us learn, mature, and shape ourselves. No matter what, we will eventually end up where we belong.

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

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