Nonsensical Mutterings

You know the title is actually misreading. These mutterings make complete sense. Still it's a deep title. Deep like a well.
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I'm now 21. That's just crazy. I have inhabited this planet for twenty-one of our 'Earth' years. I have seen countless things, met countless people, done countless things. It already feels like I've lived a full life and I can look back and see good times as well as bad times but you know what? There haven't been bad times for quite some time and that's important. Anyone who can look back on their life and see more good times than bad should consider themselves lucky. Even despite my parents' recent divorce and us moving life is still pretty good right now. The important thing is to remain positive. I'm actually quite happy with how my life is going right now. It's in a transitionary phase. I'm developing skills. And I have plans. Feasible plans, possible plans. Plans for the future. I can't do them now because I'm still in the transitionary phase. It's called University. It's a good phase to be in. It's simple. Not quite in the 'real world'. I'm nearly in the 'real world', but thankfully I've made plans.

I realize I just rambled a bit.

The point is that in the long years that I've lived here I feel like I've learned many things. I consider myself a well educated young man who nearly has two degrees to his name. And one of the most important things I've learned is also one of the simplest: the world is a very beautifal place. Even this small island that I call home is full of life. If you look around, you can see trees, plants, flowers, all of them growing around you. Even look at the architecture that we have created. Humanity rose from the oceans to become capable of higher thought. We built great structures that have survived thousands of years. The world is eternal, these structures are ancient. And everywhere you go the world is covered in the entire spectrum of colors. I've seen beauty in the setting sun of summer and beauty while watching the winter snow fall in the light of a single streetlamp. Beautiful.

The world is beautiful. Life is beautiful. There is pain, and tragedy, and sadness in life but more imporantly there is love, and happiness, and friendship. It's just hard to remember the good parts of life when the bad parts seem to take over. I suppose that's one of my flaws: I'm a permanent optimist. I believe things will work out in the end but I also believe that I can help make it so things will work out, I believe we can all help to make it so things will work out and we should. Even little things help. Small things. Because you've got to have hope. Hope for the future. Hope for the best. Because if you give up hope then what's the point? Of anything?
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I like try and look at the world through rose-tinted glasses. It makes the world simpler, makes life simpler. But I realize that sometimes it might make me seem simple, oblivious, naive. And I suppose that might be true to a certain extent. Still I think that it's important for someone you know to be like that because that way there'll always be someone there to try and cheer you up, someone who will try and be there for you. Even when their cheeful optimism seems insufferably annoying it's still important to have someone with that outlook on life. Otherwise, you'll just be surrounded by doom and gloom.
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I want to enjoy this summer more. I've always tried to stay inside as much as I could these past years but this year I want to get out more. I want to go for hikes, and runs, and camping trips, and swimming at the river. I want to enjoy life more. I want to have some great memories of this summer. I've already got some good ones. On May 16th I had my birthday party. Myself, Jordan, Kylan, Crowder, and Alex Brennan went rock climbing and then we went to Mrs. Richies where I ordered the MOUNTAIN BURGER. That's a giant god damn burger. Wasn't even able to finish half of the burger(didn't touch the fries). Then Alex split and we went to Jordan's place and guess who showed up? Biff! That's right buddy boy Biff is back in town. We had great times, great times. Great memories.
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I plan on expanding my skills over the summer. I can now sing, Crowder's going to teach me to play the guitar, and I'm going to take dance lessons. Might start boxing as well.

Well I think I'm all caught up now.