Destination.

I am blown away by the number of people that read my last blog..over 250 people! Thank you so much! :) So here I am writing another one, I hope to get the same response. 

I recently bought a new book (shocking I know) and its Demi Lovato’s Staying Strong 365 days a year. Each day she finds a quote and reflects on it. So far my favorite is 

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things” - Henry Miller. 

This had me thinking of what it really means and what it means to me. It reminds me of traveling and traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I hope to see the world one day and I know I will make it happen because it’s something I am so passionate about. I have been to over half of the 50 states at least. Since moving out to New York I have been fortunate enough to see many things and have had family come out and see things with me. There are so many things that I will not forget that I have seen so far in my life. 

From all the places I have traveled to and I look back on that I look at the things that we take for granted everyday. Here in NYC you see so many homeless people walking around without shoes or the proper clothing. It makes me realize that I need to stop taking things for granted and be thankful for what I have and make the most of it. 

I also think to many people look at others and judge them and you don’t know their story. When my mom, sister, and Tracy came out to New York they said they would like to know everyone’s story. Which I think is awesome because who doesn’t wanna know something about someone. This takes me onto the next quote that I found in the book and thought it was perfect. 

“Every life has a purpose. Share your story and you may help someone find their own.” 

My recent story is that I was getting sick of South Dakota and knew that their was more out there for me and I wanted to see what it was. And me being the one to love to travel I came upon this great job offer and took it and two weeks later I am in New York. It hasn’t been easy by any means but I stuck it out a year like I said I would and now it’s been a year and a half since I have been here, crazy. I hope by sharing my most recent story that is helps someone pursue something wild and just go out there and do it. Don’t have second thoughts about it, just do it. Yes it is hard at times but you have people there for you to talk to and to lean on for advice and to get you through the tough times. Who knows where life is going to take me next but I know I am ready for it.

I challenge you to not judge someone by their cover, to get their story, and to share yours. 

Hope you enjoy this post!

xoxo

  -Kass 

Grateful.

I haven’t written a new blog this year so I thought it was the perfect time to start again. I promise I will try to be better now that I am done with classes. I know that everyone is addicted to social media today, me especially! I think I learn all my news from Twitter and keep up with my friends on Facebook and Instagram. So with that said I have an app on Facebook called “God wants to let you know” and today I received the perfect one and thats when I decided I was going to write a post. This is what I was told today: 

                             “Every day you are choosing either to be grateful or to be disappointed.”

“You can worry to no end about what you don't have. Or you can marvel at God's breathtaking gifts: the morning dew, the sun, the clouds, the trees, the flowers, the birds. Could you create any of these? These miracles of life are always around you, ready to be celebrated, ready to be welcomed into your life.”

I thought this was seriously perfect for everything has been going on the past few weeks. Since coming back to New York as been extremely difficult, I think it was because I was home for so long and got to comfortable. I was so ready to come back to NY on the 1st but then after getting delayed so many days I was just ready to stay home. 

It’s been a rough week today and I texted my dad today saying that I wanted to move back home right now and sent back the best response. My favorite was “I know its especially hard being that far away but life goes on. I know you feel you could help if you were closer but we have no control over how life is going to go.” “Sign of a great family when everybody wants to be close when times get tough.” My dad is seriously the best. He is SO true when he said that we have no control on life is going to go. Then it reminded me of something I read “God doesn’t give you the people you want, he gives you the people you need. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you the person you were meant to be. 

With that and reading what was above I really need to choose to be grateful everyday. I need to get over being sad about not being back home and stop feeling like I am missing out on everything. I need to take advantage of this time in my life because its only happening once. I am only here for about 5 more months so I need to be HAPPY! Ariana nows how to make me smile every single day by making me feel great about myself or just by making faces at me. She truly is like a little “sister” to me. 

I’m grateful for mom, dad, sister, Chet, baby M, and Oscar. I’m grateful for every single one of my family members and friends and reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. I’m grateful for the experience I was given to come out and nanny for a wonderful family in New York who treats me like I am apart of their family. There are many more things that I am grateful for also. Ive made a promise to myself that I am going to write something down that I am grateful for. The past few days I am especially grateful for Meg, Chet, and baby M. They have been through so much but continue to be brave throughout it all. Love you all. 

With all that said, here is my first of many blog posts of 2014! I hope you enjoy it.

XOXO 

-Kass