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This morning I had a teacher ask the class if we liked pears. He then went on to tell of how much he disliked them due to their gritty texture. It reminded me of how much I don't like pears. However, I do not like pears, not because of the gritty texture, but because I once had a babysitter with a pear tree in her backyard. And during the late summer we would always have to go and help her pick the pears. That is why I dislike pears. 

When my teacher told this story, it reminded me of how we are all different in our reasons for liking and disliking things. It's funny to me how we are affected by the things that happen to us as children. The smallest things can affect us forever. I think our distrust with food must come when our parents feed us a lemon the first time; however, that's beside the point.

I can go on and on about how we are all different people with different thoughts and different experiences. However, there are things that you cannot let affect you in certain ways. In our lives, we will face different hurtles and how we react is a test to our character. Now, how we react in public and private could be very different, but how we allow these circumstances to affect us as a person is what matters. So, as you go into facing tests and obstacles, remember that what happened is not what is important. It is how you react and change that matters.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Life is ten percent of what happens to me and ninety percent of how I react to it." // John Maxwell