My Vow

Hello my lovelies,

It's been a very long time since I've posted on any sort of blog-type setting. The last time I posted on my first blog, I was sitting my room in my third host family's house. It's strange to think that their real daughter is back and sleeping in the same bed I slept in so long ago. Today, I'm just kind of contemplating. Contemplating the past (freshman started their first day at Central High today, so I'm thinking about high school), contemplating my future (I'm going to Arizona this week and then college starts), and I'm contemplating my now.

I don't think parentheses would be enough to explain that last one. Right now, I'm at this weird place in my life. I'm not an exchange student, I'm not a high schooler, I don't have a job. It's strange to me, because I used to have on specific thing that defined me. "Oh, I go to Central." "Yeah, I'm an exchange student from the US." "I work at PCL." While these are just examples, I think you get the point.

Growing up, I always had that one singular thing that defined who I was and where I was going in my life. Right now, at this weird stage in my existence, I can't tell if I have too many things that define me, or too few. I feel like this is just how adulthood is going to be for me.

I grew up thinking that I had to have that one specific thing that set me apart from everyone else. After having traveled in the capacity I have, I finally think I understand that it's okay to blend in sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I always have, and always will, love the spotlight. I've just come to realize that sometimes, it's kind of nice to fit in, instead of standing out.

So, here is my vow:

"On this, the second day on the ninth month of this the year two-thousand and fourteen, I, Madison Jade Lucile McCammon, being of sound heart and mind, vow to myself and the good people of this planet to only do things that make me happy. I vow to put my best effort, attitude, and knowledge into every situation, experience, and problem. I pledge my solemn loyalty to create my own happiness in this crazy, yet inexplicably wonderful world. I vow to never falter nor waver into situations that only perpetuate my own sadness and destruction. I vow that I will, to the best of my abilities, never do things that will harm myself nor others. I pledge to be a kind, caring, and thoughtful citizen of the planet Earth, as well as a dutiful human in this incredibly vast Universe, as well as any alternate universe henceforth discovered. Finally, I vow to never limit myself in my experiences; I pledge to always try new things. So it is, and so it shall be."

Basically, all of that means that I will do my best to stay positive in every situation, to try new things, and to do the things that bring my heart and soul happiness. Being a post-exchanger, I finally realize how important it is for me to search for the things that can make me happy in this life and to not waste my precious time on the things that only give my heart misery.

This blog is going to pretty much be me rambling about my life, whatever aspect of it I choose to discuss with you, the good people of the interwebs. I hope you accept my rants and thoughts as simply what they are; rants and my own personal thoughts.

I love you all :)

Until next time!

Madi

P.S. I'm sorry that the background for my blog isn't my own picture; blogspot told my the file was too big. Sorry!