Youthful Life: X

Truth - Faith is often articulated to be a belief in things beyond belief. Faith however can also be explained to be a certainty in something or someone that you know to be true. Faith surpasses doubt and pushes you further just hope and wishes. Faith is a confirmation of strength and fortitude in something bigger than you. Faith fundamentally about trust not only in yourself but in others, and the world around you. When you act in good faith it is the implication of sincerity of intention.   " Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins." Eric Schlosser   Trust issues are common for good reason. There have been so many times where I have found myself questioning the authenticity of who people present themselves to me as or their intent in befriending me. Mistrust is a learned behavior. It manifests itself after repeated instances of having your trust being taken for g...

The 20s are all about overcoming obstacles. At the end of every semester comes the most dreaded time of all ... finals. It's truly awful what students endure in that time period. All the anguish, turmoil, and chaos that is unleashed is something you have to see to believe. People get truly desperate and never will you ever see more people hitting the books, downing coffee, and purchasing illicit drugs than then. They are the last things that stand between you and freedom (as if you weren't already exercising your freedoms by choosing to pursue higher education). Finals can make or break your grade and more importantly you. You never know, these are the struggle chronicles. The amount of effort it has taken to get this blog to be aligned perfectly once more with the events of my life as they happen has been unreal. Even in writing this post, I contemplated skipping this entire week of events and fast forwarding to what's most current, but in reflecting I realized people ...