bird poop.

based solely on the fact that today was a monday, i knew it would be one of those days. it started off promising, in the middle of the night. i was woken up suddenly by excruciating pain in my eyeball. crap, i've been sleeping with my eyes open again (i do this thing where i don't close my eyes when i sleep and sometimes it dries my eyes out so much that my eyelid catches on my eyeball and it really hurts). with my hand over my one eye, tears uncontrollably pour down one side of my face. half asleep, i'm stumbling around my room looking for my phone. couldn't find it. why i needed it, i don't know. but at 5 in the morning it seemed crucial to have my phone. so naturally i go to turn on the light. power's out. this is where i start panicking. i need to get my eyedrops and a cold washcloth to make the pain stop, but i'm too scared to go out in the hallway. miraculously, the power turns back on right before i start crying and feeling bad for myself (this seemed like a life or death situation when i was half asleep. i realize its literally not a big deal). i rush to the bathroom and get everything i need. as soon as i lay my head back down, power is out again. so, i stayed awake for the next hour texting one of my roomies about how scary this was and wondering if someone was plotting to kill us (meg and han, i had a fork next to my bed if someone were to attack, so i would've saved us, don't worry!) basically, my monday was off to a great start with not a lot of sleep and a sore eye the next morning. fast forward to when i actually woke up. look out the window to find out its raining. at this point i'm really feeling bad for myself, listing all of the things that were going wrong in my head. a rainy monday. those really are the worst kind of days. fast forward to about an hour ago when i decided to go on a run. wasn't even out of my townhouse complex when plop, a bird pooped on me. don't get me wrong, i would much rather a bird poop on me than fly near me but come on! so now i'm here. and in the middle of starting this post, a spider peeks out from behind my dresser and as i contemplate killing it or not (it really makes me sad, even if it is a spider), it went back into hiding. so now there is a big black spider crawling somewhere around my tiny room. despite all these funny mishaps, today was a really great day. i've been trying to focus on the positives of every day and every moment. yes, our power kept going out and it terrified me (i get scared easily), but i can afford power and a nice comfortable bed. yes, i have to wake up and ride the stinky bus and go to class and that really isn't fun sometimes. but some people cant afford to go college. i can, and i have to appreciate it. yes, a freaking bird pooped on me while i was running, but i can run. someone very special to me didn't have the luxury of running and working out because he physically couldn't. so i shouldn't be allowed to take it for granted.

i'm alive, in more than just one way. my body and spirit are alive. i have the most amazing friends here at tech and the most amazing friends at home. i have the funniest, most sincere family to exist. i'm dating my best and truest friend. i'm saved day after day by His grace. at the end of the day, i really don't have anything to complain about.

so, my friends. the point of this post wasn't to talk about how i have really dry eyes and i'm a freak because i sleep with my eyes open. the point of this was to remind you and myself to find the good in every day and in every thing. if we don't look at the good and obsess over the bad, this world will destroy us. if you read this, promise yourself one thing: cling to what is good. cling to it and don't forget about it. this world is swarming with bad. cling to what is good because bad is guaranteed. this world is tough. but it doesn't always have to be.