Sorry I haven't posted in awhile....So here it is.

What Exactly is Life About?

Throughout my time here on earth, I can say my views have changed on what I feel life is really about.

When I was little, life was about cartoons and grilled cheese sandwiches. It was about my friends: play dates, finger painting, and drawing pictures in shaving cream at the kitchen table.

As I got a little older, life was about playing cops and robbers and “Wrestlemania” with my two older brothers (which is where I got my amazing fighting skills). I had fun times with my family, and that was all I really needed.

When I became a tween (pre-teen) and growing into my teenage years my life was nothing but sports. I was in school all day and played sports all night. My sports ranged from playing two-hand touch football with my brothers and dodgeball at the park to playing basketball and softball for the school and during the summer.

I was literally a sports fanatic, I was obsessed with being the best that I could be at whatever I wanted to do. Since I was a very dedicated softball pitcher, I pitched at least 100 pitches everyday rain or shine, sick or healthy. I grew up playing in all types of softball tournaments, and there was one particular weekend that I woke up (after a sleepover with a few friends) and was completely sick. I had a 102.8 fever and we were playing in the first game of the tournament.
I would go out on the mound pitch strike after strike after strike, three outs. In between innings I would lay down on the bench wrapped up in blankets then get up and do it all over again. After that game I went to the doctor, got meds, and went back to finish out the tournament. I fought through everything between injuries and sicknesses.

It had gotten to the point where when I was in elementary school, I was training with the girls High School varsity basketball squad. I didn’t need anything else, I had sports. That was what my life was about.

Now, as I sit here, 21 years old, retired from sports besides a few basketball games with friends and family, I am changing. I am stuck in the middle, and I am trying to figure out what exactly is my life about?
Since I am constantly busy it has been increasingly difficult to figure myself out. I am a full-time student and with everyday I am not at school, I spend it at work. So the question remains, what IS life about?

Is it about the fads that keep us all in touch like Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter? Is it about going out to the bars and getting drunk every chance you get?
I don’t think so. I think it’s about finding that completes you. It doesn’t matter if this person is just a friend or a relative or even a soul mate. It’s about the friends that have been through Hell and back with you and haven’t even thought about leaving your side. Most of all, life is about the family. At the end of the day, people will have come and gone throughout one’s life and when they get home there is always someone there to greet them with a warm heart. A person’s family is byfar the most important aspect of a persons life. They love you for who you are, not who they expect you to be. They don’t pretend your someone that your not, and will accept you no matter what.

Maybe that’s what life should be about. Good friends. Good family. Screw the rest.
It sounds good to me at least.