The Daily Quotes

Okay. So here is a little bit of an explanation to this. I made underclassmen friends last year at my Alma Mater. One was a freshman named Anna. We were pretty good friends, especially during our performance of Cinderella as we were both horses. White unitards bring people together. Anyways, this year she started sending me, and possibly to a lot of other people, a daily quote. I usually get them around 10 or so because I am three hours ahead of them. (Ohio and Oregon, even though close alphabetically, is pretty far away.) There have been some that I have loved like “Time is the greatest teacher, too bad it kills all its pupils,” "Never allow someone to be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option," "Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me, and be my friend," and of course, “if love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?” (Which I have found an answer, love is blind, but lust has 20/20 vision.) But today I got an amazing quote. I do not know the author, but whoever it is, I thank thee:

“The best day of your life is the one which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The girt is yours – it’s an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life begins.”

Just think about it for a second; every day we rely on others to help make or day great, and usually they let us down. I’m not saying that everyone will let you down, God knows I’m not saying that because I have had horrid days where just a little gesture of a friend made the day awesome. But we can’t rely on others to take care of us. If we did that, what would be stopping them from break our hearts? Or letting us fall? This quote touched me, and yet at the same time scared me. For I know I lean on people all the time, yet I do not wish to admit it, I do rely on some people. I rely on my parents for tuition, I rely on my friends to support my decisions and call me out when I’m being stupid. I rely on my teachers to educate me the best way they know how, I rely on my sisters to help me remember my past, and be there in the future. It is very childish, for I know when my parents are gone, my friends have moved on, my teachers have disappeared, and when my sisters have drifted away, I will be alone, wondering where all my crutches have gone. I do not wish for anyone else to be a crutch, but isn’t curious that no matter how much I use people, I am used in the same way? My parents and teachers rely on me getting a job so I can pay for them to live comfortably when they retire. My friends rely on me to support and correct them. Even my sisters rely on me to be a link to the past and a helping hand in the future. I will never say no to them because, for as long as I live, I hope they never say no to me. C’est La Vie.