our own special place

So I finally have a break to write, I've been missing it so much in the last couple days! And I must say I'm pretty pleased with my classes thus far, they have all been interesting and I think they will be worthwhile. Though I am seeing everyday how much more independent I am becoming; I don't need others to be around me all the time, I am not afraid to ask for help or ask a question, and as I think back to how different I was my freshman year of high school, it's insane the changes I've endured. College is supposed to be a time to have fun, enjoy the last years of really being not tied down to a job, a family, a career, a time to learn about things you are interested in and a time to grow even more as a person. And I know that everyone has insecurities, everyone has faults and flaws, but in the end, we're all the same, we all want the same things. And though I've had very little time to sit back and really think in the last couple days, I am finally seeing that it's not the time that's important. It's the way we think about life, finding that place where we can escape and just let everything go, freeing ourselves to grow even more. For me that place is the riverfront, a path where grass abounds and where I can run, listen to my ipod and just forget about everything else going on. It's my escape from life and a place where I can find peace in my existance. I can think beyond all my imagination and contemplate my decisions, past or future ones, and find myself again, because often I lose myself in the moments of day to day life. I believe that we should all have a place where we can find ourselves again. To have a place where we can escape everything and find our inner selves even more deeply than we thought possible, whether it be a real place or a place in our minds, in our imaginations, it doesn't matter, as long as we always know how to get there.