Disappointment

The failure to attain hopes or wishes is known as disappointment. Mostly people disappoint us with broken promises or sometimes we expect something and it doesn't happen. I have experienced alot of disappointment in my life and still don't know quite how to deal with it. I can tell you what I mostly do is just try to move on and deal with it. But my question is should someone just have to deal with it? is that fair? My answer is no its not fair but sometimes there is no other way around it but to deal with it. I decided to look up someways to deal with disappointment and I found 5 ways to overcome:
             1. Give yourself a chance to grieve
             2.  Ask questions and try to learn from the situation
             3.  Take steps to prevent being similarly disappointed in the future
             4.  Help someone else
             5.  Realize that many times in life, when we don't get the thing we really want, something
                   much better comes along down the road

I hope this helps you!

x Ashley

Faith

Faith means so many different things to everyone. But the Faith that I am talking about is the one that we should have in God. Everyone goes through rough times, its gonna happen whether we like it or not. It doesn't happen because God hates us, it happens because it does. God went through something bad to, he sent his only son Jesus to die on the cross for all of us. God is most always the first person we point our fingers to when something goes wrong like he is to blame, when in reality the one we need to blame is ourselves. I was like that once because it seemed like every time I turned about since the age of 5 something bad happened. I didn't blame God for what happened...but I did accuse him for not caring. Then coming to K-State this past fall I have learned alot about God and my growing Faith. I have learned that he is the ONLY thing that we can rely on. Even now when something bad is happening to a dear family member, I turn to God for help because I know he will take care of her. If you have troubles in your life and you are not huge into religion its OK God always forgives and never judges...just turn to God and talk to him and I promise he will take care of you!

x Ashley

Future

Lately I have been thinking about my future a lot. The future makes me anxious, happy, nervous, and even a bit scared. People in my life have told me to just focus on the present or live in the moment...but being a college student you have to focus on the future and the road ahead of you. What goals do you have? What people are you gonna choose to have in your future? Are you even gonna be the same person? These are questions and many more are something I think we all ask ourselves all the time and probably everyday. I personally think that focusing on the future motivates me to finish school now so that I have something to look forward to!

“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.”

       ~John M. Richardson, Jr

x Ashley

Inspiration

Inspiration is somebody or something that inspires somebody to creative thought or to the making of art. Everyone in our lives inspire us whether they know it or not. They inspire the good and the bad in us. Lately I have been inspired for the good in my life because of the people in my life and what's going on in my life. I am looking at life completely different. I have been inspired to get to know my artistic side and to see that I do have a talent and to use it. I think that a goal in each of our lives is that we should inspire someone to do great things with their talent!

x Ashley

Beauty

The definition of Beauty is the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc). Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way and every now and again we let that beauty shine. I think that many people look for the daily physical beauty in people that they forget to look at the beauty inside one another. This picture is one that I took on Campus here at Kansas State University and usually there is no blossoms on it, but this day it really showed its beauty and I think because I don’t get to see those blossoms everyday just every now and again, it has become my favorite tree because I get to look at it and appreciate it everyday for its beauty.

x Ashley