the beach and raw material.

today we are going to the beach. not sure exactly where. somewhere around panama city i think.
will be back on sunday. im excited!

It's not in what you've lost; it's in what you have left.

good quote from the book im reading.
im the nostalgic kind. i often think back and dwell on things that used to be.
i also idealize things. i remember only the good things and its easy for me to compare the good things that used to be to the bad things that are. i dont know why. i dont want to think like that, but that kind of thinking seems to be my default.
therefore this quote captured my attention briefly as i was lying in the hot alabama sun by the pool.
i underlined it and kept reading. and now as i was looking in the book i saw it.
life has seasons and will always have seasons. they come and go as naturally as the actual seasons (summer, fall, winter, spring).
through all seasons we are the same raw material. we are actually the same raw material since the day we were born. and then from that moment we are shaped, raised, influenced, inspired etc. so the raw material turns into the person we are. but the raw material is still there. always there. and i believe that the raw material is the one thing that is consistent through every season. it is in a way our safety net, our one thing to fall back on. and i guess my raw material has a tenancy to be nostalgic. but its not all about the raw material, its what we choose do make of it. what sides we choose to live out. when we fell like someone has changed, i think they're living out different sides of themselves. and maybe that's why we usually can get offended when people we know tells us that we have changed. we dont understand because we've been living with the raw material our whole lives. we've just displayed other sides.
i think the way to greatness is to know your raw material and use and develop it into the best possible. bring out the different strengths in different seasons. my nostalgia is going to be a strong side in one season and a weak side in another season. i just need to get smart enough as to know which one is which.