gummy bears and coffee

Only with true friends do you take shots, drink beer after beer, end up trashed, and then fall asleep on the couch mid-conversation. Only with true friends do you have Friday nights like these and wake up feeling like you had the best night you've had in a long time. The power of conversation is amazing. What ever happened to that?... the whole sitting around talking thing... the whole learning  more about one another thing...

Last week someone interrupted my lunch (thankfully) to have a conversation. I had never seen him before, didn't even know his name. We covered more topics during that twenty minutes than I do in a whole semester of Biology. There were some things he didn't believe in, some things I didn't either, but I feel like just because I know someone Else's opinion on a topic that means a lot to me, I've gained that much more knowledge. Maybe knowledge isn't the word I'm looking for, but it was one of those conversations that made you think twice. It got thoughts stirring in my head...

I feel like people should always give their best--- to everything. 

When a stranger sits to talk with you, be yourself. Give them your best self, your only self. 

When you have to go to work, work your hardest.

Why would you want it any other way?

When you push yourself, or find someone that helps you push yourself, you will be amazed with how you much farther you will go, how much harder you will try, and how much success you will see. 

I ran five miles this morning when it was 14 degrees outside. If you would've asked this Florida girl a year ago to even go out of the house when it was that cold outside sh would've thought you were nuts. Now she's doing it voluntary. Weird. 

I have people that push me,

I have motivation, encouragement, and perseverance. 

Most of all, 

I have love. and a goal.

And those things itself are worth giving everything for.