(written May 14, 2010)<\/p>\n
Hello my friends,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Friday, and I\u2019m done with the day. These weeks are passing so by fast, and even the weeks feel like days to me. \u00a0It\u2019s almost the end of the year, and I\u2019m very excited. Today, the weather was so nice, and it was just like a perfect day as my friend Mauricio would say. These days are so nice like to do many things outside; such as taking a walk, going out to the parks, going out with friends and having so much fun. But, unfortunately we have to measure our times wisely, and put first things first. Sometimes we have to say no to things and doing what\u2019s most important, even if we don\u2019t like it. For example, today I had to say no to my performance with my church band. This is really important for me, but since I have too many midterms next week, I had to say no for this time only. But well, I need to get ready for those midterms so can do well on them.<\/p>\n
Today, many things happened to me. One of those things was that I realized that there is too much stress going on around campus. I\u2019ve seen people who look stressed, tired etc. \u00a0I imagine that it\u2019s because of midterms, projects, work, having a lot of things to do etc.\u00a0 Especially, today when I went downstairs of my hall I found a friend of mine and I started to talk to her. I asked her about how things were going, and she said \u201cgood\u201d, like all people would say. As I engaged more with the conversation I realized that she was stressed and she had many things to do, and big projects to get done. She even told me about how bad she felt from her last midterms which one of them she failed. In addition, she even had to drop out her math class for some reason. She says that she even cried for what she was going through. She looked sad, but I told her not worry too much and start to do what need to do. \u00a0I felt sorry for her, and I even imagine all the stress that she went through because I\u2019ve being there too many times. I even thought that I was the only one who was too stressed, but I wasn\u2019t the only one.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why I say that here around campus there is a lot of stress going on. You know, I think that\u2019s the true reality about studying here at college, \u201cnothing will be easy\u201d, but in some way we have to resist and keep moving forward, and the result will be even better. Therefore, we need patience, hard work and dedication on everything that we do.<\/p>\n
We always will be learning new things as we go through life, and now I learning how different is to live away from home, and have to take care of myself by my own. I\u2019m learning to put myself in other people shoes, and understanding them better. Sometimes I ask myself about \u201cwhy, why do we have to go through hard stuff, in order to accomplish something.\u201d Even though I haven\u2019t live enough but I realized that the answer to this is that the hard stuff makes you wise every day, and we learn from our mistakes, and as a result it makes us stronger as a person. So my message today for everyone is to never give up and keep going. Remember that \u201cyour greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength.\u201d In addition, Like Rocky Balboa says, \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter how hard you can hit, what matters is how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward.\u201d So, I motivate everyone who is reading this blog to keep working hard and do the best you can on your classes. Good luck!<\/p>\n
Roberto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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