Looking Back
Hello everyone, I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to read my inner most thoughts and ideas. Currently, I am typing on my semi-working computer while binge watching Friends. It has been a little over twenty-four hours since I left the mountain. The place that I have called home for more than eight weeks every summer of my life. As I move from living at a place where I only have to leave my room to find companionship to my other home where I have to call up friends to make plans if I want to see anyone who is not my family, I realize that the mountain has given me more than I could ask for. So, I want to thank Monteagle for some things and look back in fond remembrance of this summer. Some of these might feel repetitive, but they mean different things to me.
Happiness: As an extravert, I am someone who gets quite a bit of my energy from the people that make me most happy. Unfortunately, I can lose energy if around the wrong people. Being in Monteagle, I tend to be around a lot of people that care about me and want to be around me. For me, people that desire to spend time with me make me feel special and valued.
Companionship: Finding friends in the assembly is not hard at all. There are always plans to hang out with one another and if you want to make plans, people are always ready and willing to. You can go to the pool or snack shop and instantly find people you know all over the place. And if that is not enough or you desire many more people, then jump in the pool with many young children and they will instantly climb all over the chance to swim with you.
Someone to talk to: The joy of friendship is found most in the time when you feel lonely and broken. When you feel like the fire has gone out and things are not going the way you saw them going, a trip to Waffle house is always a good idea. I am thankful because Monteagle has always provided many good friends to talk to and people who have been through similar experiences as I have. The best part is that they understand and know me.
These are just a few of the things that I am thankful to the Monteagle Assembly for. I have been coming to the MSSA for the past twenty-one years of my life, and this summer has been definitely one for the books. It will always be remembered by me. It is the year that I got to be closer to some of my best friends that kept me laughing and knew how to make me laugh. They also could tell when I was not feeling myself or my mood was down and cared about how to cheer me up even if it means making me dance like a goofy clown (cheerleader). Thank you Monteagle for the valuable memories of this year (2015) and I will treasure them always. Until next time, my friends. I cannot wait till we meet again.